44 "But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you.
10 Most gladly therefore will I boast rather of my weakness, that over me like a tent may be pitched the power of Christ. That is why I rejoice in weakness, in ill-treatment, in troubles, in persecutions and calamities for Christs sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
18 "do not forget that it hated me first.
14 Bless your persecutors, bless, and curse not.
35 What shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall anguish, or calamity, or persecution, or famine? Shall nakedness, or peril, or sword?
10 "Blessed are those who have been persecuted in the cause of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
12 Yes, and all who purpose to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
29 "I tell you solemnly," said Jesus, "that there is no man who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or mother, or father, or children, or lands, for my sake and the gospels,
30 but shall receive a hundred times as much, now in this present world, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, lands-and persecutions with them - and in the world to come eternal life.
22 "Blessed are you when men shall hate you, And excommunicate you and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil because of the Son of man.
7 "I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, "Saul! Saul! why are you persecuting me?
8 Be temperate, be vigilant; because your enemy, the devil, is prowling about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
11 "Blessed are you when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my names sake.