Persecution in the Bible

Compiled by The Voice of the Martyrs

Old Testament
Genesis
4:10-11
Psalms
9:13-16
44:22-26
79:1-13
94:3-23
106:37-41
119:86, 157,
161-162
129:1-4
Proverbs
6:16-19
Isaiah
26:17-27:1
Lamentations
4:11-14
Daniel
3:16-30
6:13-28
Habakkuk
1:2-4

New Testament
Matthew
5:44
10:17-20, 28
11:28, 29
16:18
20:20-23
25:35, 36, 40
26:39, 42
Mark
6:3, 4
8:35
13:13

Luke
6:22, 23
9:23
10:3
12:8, 9
12:51-53
14:27
18:29, 30
22:28-30
23:34
John
12:24
15:20
16:33
17:14-16
Acts
1:8
4:19, 20
5:29
7:60
9:4, 5
12:5
14:21, 22
16:25
21:13
23:11
26:6
Romans
1:16
5:3-5
8:18, 28
10:11
12:12-15, 20
16:3, 4, 7
1 Corinthians
1:27
4:9-13
12:26
15:58
16:13

2 Corinthians
1:5, 6
2: 14-16
4:7, 10
6:4, 5, 10
7:4
8:1
11:24-27, 30
Galatians
1:23, 24
6:17
Ephesians
3:13
6:10-20
Philippians
1:29
3:10
4:11-13
Colossians
1:24
3:2, 3
4:8, 9, 18
1 Thessalonians
1:6
3:7-8
5:18
2 Thessalonians
1:3, 4
1 Timothy
1:12-14
2 Timothy
1:8, 12, 16
2:9, 10
3:10, 11
4:5

Philemon
23, 24
Titus
2:8
Hebrews
10:32-34
11:37-38
12:1
13:3
James
1:12
5:11
1 Peter
1:6, 7
2:21-23
4:1
5:9, 10
2 Peter
3:9
1 John
3:13
Jude
24
Revelation
1:9
2:10
6:9, 10
12:10, 11

*This list is not

exhaustive