Matthew 5:10
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Matthew 5:10
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Matthew 5:11
“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Matthew 5:12
Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
1 Peter 3:13
Now who will harm you if you become imitators of that which is good?
1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”
Luke 6:22
Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.
Luke 6:23
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.
James 1:12
Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love him.
1 Peter 4:14
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
Psalms 44:22
Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
Romans 8:17
and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.
James 5:11
Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
Psalms 38:20
They who render evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
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Matthew 5:2
He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
Matthew 5:3
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Matthew 5:5
Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth.
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
Matthew 5:9
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.
Luke 6:20
He lifted up his eyes to his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for God’s Kingdom is yours.
John 3:3
Jesus answered him, “Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”
Matthew 25:34
Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
Matthew 25:35
for I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you took me in.
Matthew 16:17
Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 5:13
“You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
Matthew 18:4
Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.
Matthew 5:44
But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
2 Thessalonians 1:5
This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of God’s Kingdom, for which you also suffer.
Mark 10:30
but he will receive one hundred times more now in this time: houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and land, with persecutions; and in the age to come eternal life.
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,
Philippians 1:28
and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.
2 Timothy 2:12
If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.
Romans 8:18
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.
1 Corinthians 9:23
Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.
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1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.
1 Peter 4:13
But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Philippians 1:29
Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
Hebrews 10:34
For you both had compassion on me in my chains and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.
2 Corinthians 12:10
Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
Matthew 4:21
Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them.
Matthew 19:28
Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Mark 10:29
Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,
2 Thessalonians 1:7
and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
James 1:2
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
1 Peter 2:21
For you were called to this, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,
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2 Timothy 3:12
Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
Acts 5:41
They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.
1 Peter 4:15
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men’s matters.
1 Peter 4:16
But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
Matthew 19:29
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
Romans 8:35
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Romans 8:36
Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
Psalms 69:7
Because for your sake, I have borne reproach. Shame has covered my face.
Jeremiah 15:15
Yahweh, you know. Remember me, visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors. You are patient, so don’t take me away. Know that for your sake I have suffered reproach.
Mark 8:35
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
1 Corinthians 4:13
Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.
1 Peter 3:17
For it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing what is right than for doing evil.
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Matthew 10:21
“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
Matthew 10:22
You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
John 15:19
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
John 15:20
Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
John 15:21
But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
John 16:3
They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.
Matthew 10:16
“Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
Matthew 10:17
But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
Matthew 23:34
Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city,
1 Kings 19:10
He said, “I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of Armies; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
Ecclesiastes 7:15
All this I have seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who lives long in his evildoing.
Isaiah 66:5
Hear Yahweh’s word, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.
Matthew 9:15
Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
Matthew 10:34
“Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send peace, but a sword.
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Matthew 6:33
But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 5:19
Therefore, whoever shall break one of these least commandments and teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 5:20
For I tell you that unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, there is no way you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 6:10
Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Matthew 7:21
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 3:15
But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.
Matthew 6:1
“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 21:32
For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
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James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?
Luke 9:62
But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for God’s Kingdom.”
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Psalms 1:1
Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand on the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
Psalms 1:2
but his delight is in Yahweh’s law. On his law he meditates day and night.
Psalms 1:3
He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
Psalms 32:1
Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psalms 32:2
Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Psalms 119:1
Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to Yahweh’s law.
Luke 11:28
But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
Psalms 112:1
Praise Yah! Blessed is the man who fears Yahweh, who delights greatly in his commandments.
Psalms 128:1
Blessed is everyone who fears Yahweh, who walks in his ways.
Revelation 22:14
Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
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John 16:4
But I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
Matthew 7:15
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
Matthew 23:30
and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’
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Romans 5:3
Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;
Romans 5:4
and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope;
Romans 5:5
and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
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Revelation 7:14
I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering. They washed their robes and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.
Revelation 7:15
Therefore they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them.
Revelation 7:16
They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat;
Revelation 7:17
for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
Luke 16:25
“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted and you are in anguish.
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Matthew 13:16
“But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear.
Luke 10:23
Turning to the disciples, he said privately, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see,
Luke 10:24
for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn’t see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn’t hear them.”
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Hebrews 11:36
Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.
Hebrews 11:38
of whom the world was not worthy—wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and the holes of the earth.
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