Life And Death

  Persecution

“For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.” Psalms 143:3

  “Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.  

  Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.  

Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.”

Jeremiah  38:4-6

  “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.  

  But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;  

  And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.  

  But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.  

  For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.  

  And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.  

  And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.  

But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.”

Matthew 10:16-23

“For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.  

For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.  

And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.  

But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.  

Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.  

And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.  

And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.  

And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.  

And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.  

And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.”

Matthew 14:3-12

And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.  

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.  

But there shall not an hair of your head perish.

Luke 21:16-18

And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:  

Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,  

Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.  

Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:  

And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:  

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;  

(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.  

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:  

God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.  Hebrews11:32-40