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Yet, even without these, they could have been killed with one breath, suffering persecution of their own making and being scattered by your spirit of virtue; but you have ordered all things in size and number and weight. (Wisdom of Solomon 11, 21)
For the impious, having refused to know you, have been scourged by the strength of your arm, enduring persecution by unusual waters, and by hailstorms, and by rain storms, and being consumed by fire. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 16)
Indeed, at a certain time, the fire was subdued, so as not to burn away the animals, which were sent against the impious; and so that, in seeing this, they might know that they are suffering persecution by the judgment of God. (Wisdom of Solomon 16, 18)
Blessed are those who endure persecution for the sake of justice, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 5, 10)
But he has no root in himself, so it is only for a time; then, when tribulation and persecution occur because of the word, he promptly stumbles. (Matthew 13, 21)
But they have no root in themselves, and so they are for a limited time. And when next tribulation and persecution arises because of the word, they quickly fall away. (Mark 4, 17)
Now in those days, there occurred a great persecution against the Church at Jerusalem. And they were all dispersed throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the Apostles. (Acts 8, 1)
And some of them, having been dispersed by the persecution that had occurred under Stephen, traveled around, even to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the Word to no one, except to Jews only. (Acts 11, 19)
But the Jews incited some devout and honest women, and the leaders of the city. And they stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas. And they drove them away from their parts. (Acts 13, 50)
Then who will separate us from the love of Christ? Tribulation? Or anguish? Or famine? Or nakedness? Or peril? Or persecution? Or the sword? (Romans 8, 35)
And we labor, working with our own hands. We are slandered, and so we bless. We suffer and endure persecution. (1 Corinthians 4, 12)
We suffer persecution, yet we have not been abandoned. We are thrown down, yet we do not perish. (2 Corinthians 4, 9)
