Bible Verses About Persecution
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for persecution, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 54,501 votes, led by 2 Timothy 3:12. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Persecution
2 Timothy 3:122,516 votes
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
John 15:181,727 votes
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
Matthew 5:101,714 votes
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:441,527 votes
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;
1 Peter 4:12-141,516 votes
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
2 Corinthians 12:101,262 votes
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.
Luke 6:221,120 votes
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.
Matthew 5:10-12973 votes
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
1 Peter 3:17886 votes
For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
1 Peter 3:14866 votes
But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
Romans 12:14732 votes
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Romans 8:35723 votes
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
1 John 3:13703 votes
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
John 15:20645 votes
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
1 Peter 3:16622 votes
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
John 16:33587 votes
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.
Psalms 23:4581 votes
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
1 Peter 4:16579 votes
Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
Acts 14:22559 votes
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
1 Peter 4:19559 votes
Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
Matthew 5:11557 votes
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
John 15:19556 votes
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
1 Peter 5:8549 votes
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Romans 12:17-21538 votes
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Galatians 5:11510 votes
And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
What does the Bible say about persecution?
Readers most often cite 2 Timothy 3:12 on the subject of persecution. Across 54,501 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including John 15:18, Matthew 5:10, Matthew 5:44. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.