Bible Cross References
Persecutions
Acts 9:16
For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name.
Acts 20:19
serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears and trials which happened to me by the plotting of the Jews;
Acts 20:23
except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.
Acts 20:24
But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
Romans 8:35-37
35
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36
As it is written: For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37
Yet in all these things we more than conquer through Him who loves us.
1 Corinthians 4:9-11
9
For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we became spectacles to all creation, both to angels and to men.
10
We are foolish because of Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are distinguished, but we are dishonored.
11
To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and wander homeless.
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
8
For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened exceedingly, beyond strength, so that we despaired even of life.
9
Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,
10
who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us, in whom we hope that He will still deliver us,
2 Corinthians 4:8-11
8
We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
9
persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
10
always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.
11
For we who live are always delivered to death because of Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
2 Corinthians 11:23-28
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Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I excel them: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.
24
From the Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one.
25
Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep;
26
in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
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in hardship and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness;
28
besides the other things, that come upon me daily: the care of each of the churches.
Hebrews 10:33-34
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indeed while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and afflictions, and also while you became companions of those who were so treated;
34
for you had compassion on me in my bonds, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing, yourselves, that you have a better and an enduring possession in Heaven.
at Antioch
Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy; and contradicting and blaspheming, they opposed the things spoken by Paul.
Acts 13:50
But the Jews stirred up the devout and influential women and the chief men of the city, raised up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their borders.
Acts 13:51
But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
Acts 14:2
But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brethren.
Acts 14:5
And when a violent attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to inflict injury and stone them,
Acts 14:6
they became aware of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding region.
Acts 14:19-21
19
Then Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to have died.
20
However, when the disciples gathered around him, he rose up and went into the city. And the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
21
And when they had preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
but
2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the preaching of the message might be fulfilled through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
2 Timothy 4:18
And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and keep me safe for His Heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Genesis 48:16
the Angel who redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; let my name be called upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
2 Samuel 22:1
And David spoke to Jehovah the words of this song, on the day when Jehovah had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.
2 Samuel 22:49
He delivers me from my enemies. You also lift me up above those rising against me; You deliver me from the violent man.
Job 5:19
He will deliver you in six troubles; yea, in seven no evil shall touch you:
Job 5:20
In famine He shall redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
Psalm 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Jehovah delivers him out of them all.
Psalm 37:40
And Jehovah will help them and deliver them; He will deliver them from the wicked and save them, because they have trusted in Him.
Psalm 91:2-6
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I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in Him will I trust.
3
Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the destructive pestilence.
4
He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
5
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,
6
nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
Psalm 91:14-6
Isaiah 41:10
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will make you strong; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness.
Isaiah 41:14
Fear not, you worm of Jacob and men of Israel; I will help you, says Jehovah and your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; nor shall the flame consume you.
Jeremiah 1:19
And they shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you. For I am with you, says Jehovah, to deliver you.
Daniel 6:27
He delivers and rescues, and He works signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, He who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
Acts 9:23-25
23
Now after many days were past, the Jews plotted to do away with him.
24
But their plot became known to Saul. And they watched the gates day and night, to kill him.
25
Then the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall in a basket.
Acts 21:32
He immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. And when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
Acts 21:33
Then the commander came near and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and he asked who he was and what he had done.
Acts 23:10
And when there arose a great dissension, the commander, fearing lest Paul might be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.
Acts 23:12-24
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And when it was day, some of the Jews made a pact and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they should kill Paul.
13
And there were more than forty who made this conspiracy.
14
And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great oath that we will eat nothing until we have killed Paul.
15
Now you, therefore, together with the council, communicate to the commander that he be brought down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to make more specific inquiries concerning him; and we are ready to kill him before he comes near.
16
So when Paul's sister's son heard of their ambush, he went and entered the barracks and told Paul.
17
Then Paul called one of the centurions to him and said, Lead this young man to the commander, for he has something to tell him.
18
So he took him and brought him to the commander and said, Paul the prisoner called me to him and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to say to you.
19
Then the commander took him by the hand, went aside and asked privately, What is it that you have to tell me?
20
And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask that you bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to make more specific inquiries about him.
21
But do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of them lie in wait for him, men who have bound themselves by an oath that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him; and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from you.
22
So the commander let the young man depart, and commanded him, Tell no one that you have disclosed these things to me.
23
And he summoned two centurions, saying, Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at the third hour of the night;
24
and provide mounts to set Paul on, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.
Acts 25:3
asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem; while they lay in ambush along the road to kill him.
Acts 25:4
But Festus answered that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there shortly.
Acts 26:17
I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,
Acts 26:22
Therefore, having obtained help from God, to this day I stand, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses said would come to be;
2 Corinthians 1:10
who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us, in whom we hope that He will still deliver us,
2 Peter 2:9
then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust for the day of judgment, to be punished,