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"Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.
Why do you pursue me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?
Job Chapter 19: Verses 21 - 22
"If you say, 'How we will hound him, since the root of the trouble lies in him, '
Job Chapter 19: Verse 28
O LORD my God, I take refuge in you; save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
Psalms Chapter 7: Verse 1
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
Psalms Chapter 1: Verse 5
In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.
Psalms Chapter 10: Verse 2
My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me.
Psalms Chapter 31: Verse 15
Brandish spear and javelin against those who pursue me. Say to my soul, "I am your salvation."
Psalms Chapter 35: Verse 3
For my enemies speak against me; those who wait to kill me conspire together.
They say, "God has forsaken him; pursue him and seize him, for no one will rescue him."
Be not far from me, O God; come quickly, O my God, to help me.
Psalms Chapter 71: Verses 10 - 12
As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains ablaze,
so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with your storm.
Cover their faces with shame so that men will seek your name, O LORD.
Psalms Chapter 83: Verses 14 - 16
Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes.
Psalms Chapter 119: Verse 157
Listen to my cry, for I am in desperate need; rescue me from those who pursue me, for they are too strong for me.
Psalms Chapter 142: Verse 6
The enemy pursues me, he crushes me to the ground; he makes me dwell in darkness like those long dead.
Psalms Chapter 143: Verse 3
You understand, O LORD; remember me and care for me. Avenge me on my persecutors. You are long-suffering,do not take me away; think of how I suffer reproach for your sake.
Jeremiah Chapter 15: Verse 15
Let my persecutors be put to shame, but keep me from shame; let them be terrified, but keep me from terror. Bring on them the day of disaster; destroy them with double destruction. Keeping the Sabbath Holy
Jeremiah Chapter 17: Verse 18
But the LORD is with me like a mighty warrior; so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced; their dishonor will never be forgotten.
Jeremiah Chapter 20: Verse 11
After affliction and harsh labor, Judah has gone into exile. She dwells among the nations; she finds no resting place. All who pursue her have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
Lamentations Chapter 1: Verse 3
Blessed 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 who were before you.Salt and Light
Matthew Chapter 5: Verses 10 - 12
But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Matthew Chapter 5: Verse 44
When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
"A student is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
Matthew Chapter 10: Verses 23 - 24
Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you.
For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ, ' and will deceive many.
You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come.
Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
All these are the beginning of birth pains.
"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
Matthew Chapter 24: Verses 4 - 9
"Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your forefathers who killed them.
So you testify that you approve of what your forefathers did; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.
Because of this, God in his wisdom said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and others they will persecute.'
Luke Chapter 11: Verses 47 - 49
So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted him.
John Chapter 5: Verse 16
And Saul was there, giving approval to his death.The Church Persecuted and Scattered On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.
Acts Chapter 8: Verse 1
He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
"Who are you, Lord?" Saul asked.
Acts Chapter 9: Verses 4 - 5
But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.
Acts Chapter 13: Verse 50
Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. In my obsession against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.
"On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.
About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions.
We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.'
"Then I asked, 'Who are you, Lord?'
Acts Chapter 26: Verses 11 - 15
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
Romans Chapter 8: Verse 35
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse.
Romans Chapter 12: Verse 14
That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.Paul's Concern for the Corinthians
2 Corinthians Chapter 12: Verse 10
For you, brothers, became imitators of God's churches in Judea, which are in Christ Jesus: You suffered from your own countrymen the same things those churches suffered from the Jews,
who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and also drove us out. They displease God and are hostile to all men
1 Thessalonians Chapter 2: Verses 14 - 15
In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
2 Timothy Chapter 3: Verse 12
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.
1 Peter Chapter 5: Verse 8
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death.To the Church in Pergamum
"To the angel of the church in Pergamum write:These are the words of him who has the sharp, double-edged sword.
I know where you live,where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city,where Satan lives.
Revelation Chapter 2: Verses 10 - 13
When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.
Revelation Chapter 12: Verse 13
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