Bible Verses About Persecution: Of Jesus

and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?

The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, saying,

Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.

He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision.

Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure:

My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why art thou sofar from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.

But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised of the people.

All they that see me laugh me to scorn: They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,

Commit thyself unto Jehovah; let him deliver him: Let him rescue him, seeing he delighteth in him.

Be not far from me; for trouble is near; For there is none to help.

Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

They gape upon me with their mouth, Asa ravening and a roaring lion.

I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.

For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet.

I may count all my bones. They look and stare upon me;

They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots.

But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.

Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog.

Save me from the lion’s mouth; Yea, from the horns of the wild-oxen thou hast answered me.

Save me, O God; For the waters are come in unto my soul.

I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.