From Nave’s Topical Bible

Persecution

Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.

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Passages listed
37
Books of the 66
1896
Nave's edition

How Nave’s arranged it

OF JESUSGenesis 3:15 Psalms 2:1–5 Psalms 22:1 Psalms 22:2 Psalms 22:6–8 Psalms 22:11–21 Psalms 69:1–21 Psalms 109:25 Isaiah 49:7 Isaiah 50:6 Isaiah 52:14 Isaiah 53:2–5 Isaiah 53:7–10 Micah 5:1 Matthew 2:13 Matthew 11:19 Matthew 12:14 Matthew 12:24 Matthew 16:1 Matthew 20:22
OF THE RIGHTEOUSGenesis 49:23 Job 1:9 Job 2:4 Job 2:5 Job 12:4 Job 12:5 Psalms 11:2 Psalms 37:32 Psalms 38:20 Psalms 42:3 Psalms 42:10 Psalms 44:15–18 Psalms 44:22 Psalms 56:5 Psalms 69:10 Psalms 69:12 Psalms 74:7 Psalms 74:8 Psalms 94:5 Psalms 119:51
See Paul
A mode of divine chastisementLamentations 1:3
Diffuses the gospelActs 8:1 Acts 8:4 Acts 11:19–21 Philippians 1:12–14
Deliverance fromPsalms 124 Psalms 129:1 Psalms 129:2
INSTANCES OF
Of AbelGenesis 4:8 Matthew 23:35 1 John 3:12
Of LotGenesis 19:9
Of MosesExodus 2:15 Exodus 17:4
Of DavidPsalms 31:13 Psalms 59:1 Psalms 59:2
Of prophets martyred by Jezebel1 Kings 18:4

Show the rest of Nave’s outline (25 more headings) ▾

Of GideonJudges 6:28–32
Of Elijah1 Kings 18:10 1 Kings 19 2 Kings 1:9 2 Kings 2:23
Of Micaiah1 Kings 22:26 2 Chronicles 18:26
Of Elisha2 Kings 6:31
Of Hanani2 Chronicles 16:10
Of Zachariah2 Chronicles 24:21 Matthew 23:35
Of JOBJob 13:4–13 Job 16:1–4 Job 17:2 Job 19:1–5 Job 30:1–10
Of JeremiahJeremiah 15:10 Jeremiah 15:15 Jeremiah 17:15–18 Jeremiah 18:18–23 Jeremiah 26 Jeremiah 32:2 Jeremiah 33:1 Jeremiah 36:26 Jeremiah 37 Jeremiah 38:1–6
Of UrijahJeremiah 26:23
Of prophetsMatthew 21:35 Matthew 21:36
Of the three Hebrew young men (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego) of the captivityDaniel 3:8–23
Of DanielDaniel 6
Of the JewsEzra 4 Nehemiah 4
Of John the BaptistMatthew 14:3–12
Of JamesActs 12:2
Of SimonMark 15:21
Of the disciplesJohn 9:22 John 9:34 John 20:19
Of LazarusJohn 12:10
Of the apostlesActs 4:3–18 Acts 5:18–42 Acts 12:1–19 Revelation 1:9
Of StephenActs 6:9–15 Acts 7
Of the ekklesia (body of Christ)Acts 8:1 Acts 9:1–14 Galatians 1:13
Of TimothyHebrews 13:23
Of JohnRevelation 1:9
Of AntipasRevelation 2:13
Of the congregation at SmyrnaRevelation 2:8–10

The passages, in Bible order (284)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
Commentary on Genesis 3:152 voices
He has therefore, in His work of recapitulation, summed up all things, both waging war against our enemy, and crushing him who had at the beginning led us away captives in Adam, and trampled upon his head, as thou canst perceive in Genesis that God said to the serpent, "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; He shall be on the watch for thy head, and thou on the watch for His heel."
Irenaeus· Against Heresies 5.21.1Patristic
I will put enmity between thee and the woman - This has been generally supposed to apply to a certain enmity subsisting between men and serpents; but this is rather a fancy than a reality. It is yet to be discovered that the serpentine race have any peculiar enmity against mankind, nor is there any proof that men hate serpents more than they do other noxious animals.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
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Genesis 4:8
Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
Commentary on Genesis 4:82 voices
(Verse 8) And Cain said to his brother Abel. It is understood what the Lord said. Therefore, it is superfluous, what is found in the Samaritan and our volume, Let us go to the field.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on GenesisPatristic
And Cain talked with Abel,.... Or "said", or "spoke unto" him (l); either what the Lord God said to him in the foregoing verses, as Aben Ezra; or he spoke to him in a kind and friendly manner, and thereby got him to take a walk in the field with him.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
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Genesis 19:9
“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.
Commentary on Genesis 19:91 voice
And he will needs be a judge - So his sitting in the gate is perhaps a farther proof of his being there in a magisterial capacity, as some have supposed.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
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Genesis 49:23
The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
Commentary on Genesis 49:232 voices
(Verse 22 and following) The son of Joseph grew up, the son of Joseph grown tall above the fountain of the daughter, walking with a composed stride on the wall. And they provoked him, and contended with him, and were angry against him, having arrows. He sat in the strength of his bow, and the chains of his hands were broken, from the hands of the mighty Jacob. From there will come the shepherd, the stone of Israel from the God of your father: and the rest.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on GenesisPatristic
The chief archers - בעלי חצים baaley chitstsim, the masters of arrows - Joseph’s brethren, who either used such weapons, while feeding their flocks in the deserts, for the protection of themselves and cattle, or for the purpose of hunting; and who probably excelled in archery. It may however refer to the bitter speeches and harsh words that they spoke to and of him, for they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him, Gen 37:4. Thus they sorely afflicted him, and were incessantly scolding or finding fault.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
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Exodus 2:15
When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
Commentary on Exodus 2:151 voice
No Egyptian king would have left; such an offence unpunished. But the position of Moses, as an adopted son of a princess, made it necessary even for a despotic sovereign to take unusual precautions. The land of Midian - The Midianites occupied an extensive district from the eastern coast of the Red Sea to the borders of Moab.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
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Exodus 17:4
Then Moses cried out to the LORD, “What should I do with these people? A little more and they will stone me!”
Commentary on Exodus 17:41 voice
When [Moses] was being stoned by the people, he made intercession for them. Even more so he wished to be blotted out of God's book sooner than that the flock committed to him should perish. He sought to imitate the Shepherd who would, he knew, carry on his shoulders even the wandering sheep.
Jerome· LETTER 82.3Patristic
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Judges 6:28–32
When the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.
Commentary on Judges 6:28–321 voice
The second bullock was offered - It appears that the second bullock was offered because it was just seven years old, Jdg 6:25, being calved about the time that the Midianitish oppression began; and it was now to be slain to indicate that their slavery should end with its life. The young bullock, Jdg 6:25, is supposed to have been offered for a peace-offering; the bullock of seven years old, for a burnt-offering.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
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1 Kings 18:4
for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
Commentary on 1 Kings 18:41 voice
We have no details of Jezebel’s deed of blood. Some have conjectured that it was the answer of Jezebel to Elijah’s threat, and that the command given him to hide in Cherith alone saved him from being one of the victims. This view receives some support from Obadiah’s act and words 1Ki 18:13. Fifty in a cave - The limestone formation of Judaea and Samaria abounds with large natural caverns, the size of which is easily increased by art.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
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1 Kings 18:10
As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
Commentary on 1 Kings 18:101 voice
There is no nation or kingdom - He had sent through all his own states and to the neighboring governments to find out the prophet, as he knew, from his own declaration, that both rain and drought were to be the effect of his prayers. Had he found him, he no doubt intended to oblige him to procure rain, or punish him for having brought on this drought.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
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1 Kings 19:1
Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
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1 Kings 22:26
And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s son,
Commentary on 1 Kings 22:261 voice
Carry him back - literally, “cause him to return.” Micaiah had been in custody before, and was brought by Ahab’s messenger from his prison. The governor of the city - This is one out of several notices respecting what may be called the “constitution” of the Israelite kingdom. The king consulted on important matters a Council of elders 1Ki 20:7-8. The general administration was carried on by means of the governors of provinces 1Ki 20:14 and of cities 2Ki 10:
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
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2 Kings 1:9
Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on top of a hill, and said to him, “Man of God, the king declares, ‘Come down!’”
Commentary on 2 Kings 1:92 voices
Now if you consider well, dearly beloved, you will realize that not only the Jewish people fell through pride, but also those two captains perished from the same weakness. With great pride and arrogance but lacking any humility, the latter came to blessed Elijah and …
Caesarius of Arles· SERMON 125.2Patristic
A captain of fifty with his fifty - It is impossible that such a man as Ahaziah, in such circumstances, could have had any friendly designs in sending a captain and fifty soldiers for the prophet; and the manner in which they are treated shows plainly that they went with a hostile intent. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God - Thou prophet of the Most High.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
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2 Kings 2:23
From there, Elisha went up to Bethel, and as he was walking up the road, a group of boys came out of the city and jeered at him, chanting, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!”
Commentary on 2 Kings 2:232 voices
Now according to the letter, dearly beloved, we are to believe, as we mentioned above, that blessed Elisha was aroused with God's zeal to correct the people, rather than moved by unwholesome anger, when he permitted the Jewish children to be torn to pieces. His …
Caesarius of Arles· SERMON 127.2Patristic
As Beth-el was the older seat of the calf-worship 1Ki 12:32-33; 13:1-32, a prophet of Yahweh was not unlikely to meet with insult there. By the way - i. e. “by the usual road,” probably that which winds up the Wady Suweinit, under hills even now retaining some trees, and in Elisha’s time covered with a dense forest, the haunt of savage animals. Compare 1Ki 13:24; and for the general prevalence of beasts of prey in the country, both earlier and later than this, see Jdg 14:5; 1Sa 17:31; 2Ki 17:25; Amo 5:19, etc.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
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2 Kings 6:31
He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”
Commentary on 2 Kings 6:311 voice
God do so ... - Jehoram uses almost the very words of his wicked mother, when she sought the life of Elijah (marginal reference). The head of Elisha - Beheading was not an ordinary Jewish punishment. The Law did not sanction it. But in Assyria, Babylonia, and generally through the East, it was the most conmon form of capital punishment. It is not quite clear why Elisha was to be punished. Perhaps Jehoram argued from his other miracles that he could give deliverance from the present peril, if he liked.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
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2 Chronicles 16:10
Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time Asa oppressed some of the people.
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 16:101 voice
Asa was wroth with the seer - Instead of humbling himself, and deprecating the displeasure of the Lord, he persecuted his messenger: and having thus laid his impious hands upon the prophet, he appears to have got his heart hardened through the deceitfulness of sin; and then he began to oppress the people, either by unjust imprisonments, or excessive taxations.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the BibleEvangelical
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2 Chronicles 18:26
and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
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