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The Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you.
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Lord, see how my enemies persecute me! Have mercy and lift me up from the gates of death,
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For they persecute those you wound and talk about the pain of those you hurt.
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How long must your servant wait? When will you punish my persecutors?
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All your commands are trustworthy; help me, for I am being persecuted without cause.
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Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes.
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ש Sin and Shin
Rulers persecute me without cause, but my heart trembles at your word.
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Lord, you understand; 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.
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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.
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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.
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Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
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Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
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When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
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“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
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But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
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will fail to receive a hundred times as much in this present age: homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—along with persecutions—and in the age to come eternal life.
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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.’
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“But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name.
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The Authority of the Son
So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him.
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Remember what I told you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
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The Apostles Persecuted
Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
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Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him—
