Matthew 5:11

The Beatitudes

¹⁰ Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. ¹¹ "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 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.

Blessed are

For My Name

For My Sake

On Account Of Me

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.

Matthew 10:25

It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!

Matthew 10:39

He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

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.

Mark 13:13

You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved.

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.

Luke 21:17

You will be hated by all men for my name's sake.

John 15:21

But all these things will they do to you for my name's sake, because they don't know him who sent me.

1 Peter 2:23

Who, when he was cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;

Psalm 35:11

Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.

Psalm 44:22

Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

Isaiah 66:5

Hear the word of Yahweh, 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 10:18

Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

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.

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.

Matthew 24:9

Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake.

Matthew 27:39

Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,

Mark 4:17

They have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.

Mark 13:9

But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

Luke 7:33-34

For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'

Luke 9:24

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it.

Luke 21:12

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake.

John 9:28

They insulted him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

Acts 9:16

For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake."

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."

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.

2 Corinthians 4:11

For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.

Revelation 2:3

You have perseverance and have endured for my name's sake, and have not grown weary.