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Acts 8:3
But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.
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Acts 9:13
But Ananias answered,“ Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.
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Hebrews 6:4-8
For concerning those who were once enlightened and tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,and tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.For the land which has drunk the rain that comes often on it and produces a crop suitable for them for whose sake it is also tilled, receives blessing from God;but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burned.
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John 9:39-41
Jesus said,“ I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.”Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him,“ Are we also blind?”Jesus said to them,“ If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say,‘ We see.’ Therefore your sin remains.
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Acts 3:17
“ Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
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Galatians 1:13
For you have heard of my way of living in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the assembly of God and ravaged it.
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Hebrews 10:26-29
For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.A man who disregards Moses’ law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.How much worse punishment do you think he will be judged worthy of who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
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Acts 22:4
I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
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Numbers 15:30
“‘ But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native- born or a foreigner, blasphemes Yahweh. That soul shall be cut off from among his people.
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1 Timothy 1 16
However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.
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Romans 11:30-31
For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,even so these also have now been disobedient, that by the mercy shown to you they may also obtain mercy.
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Luke 23:34
Jesus said,“ Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.
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Romans 5:20-21
The law came in that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly;that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Acts 9:5
He said,“ Who are you, Lord?” The Lord said,“ I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
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Hebrews 4:16
Let’s therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need.
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Acts 26:9-11
“ I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.I also did this in Jerusalem. I both shut up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, and when they were put to death I gave my vote against them.Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
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Hosea 2:23
I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; and I will tell those who were not my people,‘ You are my people;’ and they will say,‘ My God!’”
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Acts 9:1
But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest
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Philippians 3:6
concerning zeal, persecuting the assembly; concerning the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
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Luke 12:47
That servant, who knew his lord’s will, and didn’t prepare, nor do what he wanted, will be beaten with many stripes,
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2 Peter 2 21-2 Peter 2 22
For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.But it has happened to them according to the true proverb,“ The dog turns to his own vomit again,” and“ the sow that has washed to wallowing in the mire.”
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1 Corinthians 7 25
Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.
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1 Corinthians 15 9
For I am the least of the apostles, who is not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the assembly of God.
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1 Peter 2 10
In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.