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What Does the Bible Say About Being Persecuted?

Here are 14 Bible verses about being persecuted, ordered by how relevant readers found them, with the King James Version and the modern Berean Standard Bible side by side.

  1. #12 Timothy 3:12

    Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

    BSBIndeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

  2. #2Matthew 10:22

    And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

    BSBYou will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

  3. #3Matthew 5:10

    Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    BSBBlessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

  4. #4Matthew 5:10-12

    Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

    BSBBlessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.

  5. #5Mark 13:13

    And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

    BSBYou will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

  6. #62 Corinthians 12:10

    Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

    BSBThat is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

  7. #7Matthew 5:11

    Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

    BSBBlessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

  8. #8Romans 8:35

    Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

    BSBWho shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

  9. #9John 16:33

    These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

    BSBI have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

  10. #10Matthew 5:44

    But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

    BSBBut I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

  11. #11John 15:18

    If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

    BSBIf the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

  12. #12Romans 12:14

    Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

    BSBBless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.

  13. #13Luke 6:22

    Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

    BSBBlessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

  14. #142 Peter 2:9

    The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

    BSBif all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.

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