Matthew 5:11
"How blessed are you whenever people insult you, persecute you, and say all sorts of evil things against you falsely because of me!
1 Peter 4:14
If you are insulted because of the name of the Messiah, you are blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God is resting on you.
Matthew 10:25
It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher and a slave to be like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they do the same to those of his household!"
Matthew 10:39
The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it."
Mark 8:35
because whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.
Mark 13:13
You will be hated continuously by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved."
Luke 6:22
"How blessed are you whenever people hate you, avoid you, insult you, and slander you because of the Son of Man!
Luke 21:17
You will be hated continuously by everyone because of my name.
John 15:21
They will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.
1 Peter 2:23
When he was insulted, he did not retaliate. When he suffered, he did not threaten. It was his habit to commit the matter to the one who judges fairly.
Psalm 35:11
False witnesses stepped forward and questioned me concerning things about which I knew nothing.
Psalm 44:22
For your sake we are being killed all day long. We are thought of as sheep to be slaughtered.
Isaiah 66:5
"Hear this message from the LORD, you who tremble at his words: "Your own brothers who hate you and exclude you because of my name have said: "Let the LORD be glorified; he will see your joy,' yet it is they who will be put to shame.
Matthew 10:18
You will be brought before governors and kings because of me, to testify to them and to unbelievers.
Matthew 10:22
You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 19:29
In fact, everyone who has left his homes, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.
Matthew 24:9
"Then they'll hand you over to suffer and will kill you, and you'll be hated by all the nations because of my name.
Matthew 27:39
Those who passed by kept insulting him, shaking their heads,
Mark 4:17
but since they don't have any roots, they last for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, they immediately fall away.
Mark 13:9
"As for yourselves, be on your guard! People will hand you over to local councils, and you will be beaten in their synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings to testify to them because of me.
Luke 7:33-34
Because John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, yet you say, "He has a demon!'
Luke 9:24
because whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
Luke 21:12
"But before all these things take place, people will arrest you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
John 9:28
At this, they turned on him in fury and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses!
Acts 9:16
since I'm going to show him how much he must suffer for my name's sake."
Romans 8:36
As it is written, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long. We are thought of as sheep headed for slaughter."
1 Corinthians 4:10
We are fools for the Messiah's sake, but you are wise in the Messiah. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.
2 Corinthians 4:11
While we are alive, we are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be clearly shown in our mortal bodies.
Revelation 2:3
You have endured and suffered because of my name, yet you have not grown weary.