Bible Verses About Fear of Persecution

And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe.

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.

But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

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

For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him:

And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

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

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.

Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the Lord.

But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

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

But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.

Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

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

Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.