And the Lord your God will put all these curses on your foes and enemies who persecuted you.

You have turned cruel to me; with the might of your hand you persecute me.

For they persecute him whom you have struck down, and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.

How long must your servant endure? When will you judge those who persecute me?

All your commandments are sure; they persecute me with falsehood; help me!

They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose; they are far from your law.

Sin and Shin

Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.

Let those be put to shame who persecute me, but let me not be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed; bring upon them the day of disaster; destroy them with double destruction!

Jeremiah Persecuted by Pashhur

Now Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.

“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,

Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’

But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.

Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,

I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women,

And I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to make them blaspheme, and in raging fury against them I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;

For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;