7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, »Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'
44 But I command you all, love your enemies, and pray for your persecutors;
18 If the world hates you, remember that it has first had me as the fixed object of its hatred.
12 And indeed every one who is determined to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
10 »Blessed are those who have borne persecution in the cause of Righteousness, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens.«
10 In fact I take pleasure in infirmities, in the bearing of insults, in distress, in persecutions, in grievous difficulties–for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
22 »Blessed are you when men shall hate you and exclude you from their society and insult you, and spurn your very names as evil things, for the Son of Man's sake.«
29 »In solemn truth I tell you,« replied Jesus, »that there is no one who has forsaken house or brothers or sisters, or mother or father, or children or lands, for my sake and for the sake of the Good News,
30 but will receive a hundred times as much now in this present life –houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, lands– and persecution with them–and in the coming age the Life of the Ages.
35 Who shall separate us from Christ's love? Shall affliction or distress, persecution or hunger, nakedness or danger or the sword?
11 »Blessed are you when they have insulted and persecuted you, and have said every cruel thing about you falsely for my sake.
8 Curb every passion, and be on the alert. Your great accuser, the Devil, is going about like a roaring lion to see whom he can devour.
14 Invoke blessings on your persecutors–blessings, not curses.