Matthew 5:12
Rejoice, and be filled with joy, for great is your reward in heaven. The prophets, who came before you, were also persecuted.
Luke 6:23
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. For your reward is great in heaven. Your fathers treated the prophets the same way.
Acts 5:41
They left the council and rejoiced that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
1 Thessalonians 2:15
They killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They did not please God and are contrary to all men.
1 Peter 4:13
As much as you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.
2 Chronicles 36:16
They mocked God's messengers. They despised his words, and made fun of his prophets until Jehovah became angry with his people. He could no longer heal them.
Romans 5:3
Not only that, but we also rejoice in our tribulations knowing that tribulation produces endurance.
Colossians 1:24
I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake. I do my share in behalf of his body, the congregation, to provide what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ.
James 1:2
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials.
Genesis 15:1
The word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram; I am your shield. Your reward shall be very great.
Ruth 2:12
May Jehovah reward you for what you have done. May you have a full reward from Jehovah the God of Israel, to whom you have come for protection!
1 Kings 18:4
When Jezebel massacred the prophets of Jehovah, Obadiah took a hundred of them, and hid them secretly in a hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water.
1 Kings 18:13
Have you not heard that when Jezebel was killing Jehovah's prophets I hid a hundred of them in caves, in two groups of fifty, and supplied them with food and water?
1 Kings 19:2
She sent a message to Elijah: May the gods strike me dead if by this time tomorrow I do not do the same thing to you that you did to the prophets.
1 Kings 19:10-14
He said: I have been zealous for Jehovah, the God of hosts. The children of Israel have not kept your agreement (covenant). They have destroyed your altars. They killed your prophets with the sword. I, even I, am the only one living. Now they seek to take my life too.
1 Kings 21:20
Ahab said to Elijah: Have you come face to face with me, O my enemy? Elijah said: I have come to you because you have given yourself up to do evil in the eyes of Jehovah.
1 Kings 22:8
Ahab answered: There is one more, Micaiah son of Imlah. But I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, always something bad. The king should not say such things! Jehoshaphat replied.
1 Kings 22:26-27
The king of Israel said: Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon, the ruler of the town, and to Joash, the king's son.
2 Kings 1:9
Then he sent an officer with fifty men to get Elijah. The officer found him sitting on a hill and said to him: Man of God, the king orders you to come down.
2 Chronicles 16:10
Asa was so angry with the prophet that he had him put in chains. It was at this same time that Asa began treating some of the people cruelly.
2 Chronicles 24:20-22
God's Spirit spoke to Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. Zechariah told everyone that God was saying: Why are you disobeying me and my Laws? This will only bring punishment! You have deserted me, so now I will desert you.
Nehemiah 9:26
But they were hard-hearted, and went against your authority. They turned their backs on your law, and murdered your prophets. These prophets gave witness against them with the purpose of turning them back again to you. They did much to make you angry.
Psalm 19:11
They warn your servant. There is a great reward in following them.
Psalm 58:11
Men will say: Truly there is a reward for the righteous. Truly there is a God who judges the earth.
Proverbs 11:18
The wicked works a deceitful work. There is a sure reward for the one who sows righteousness.
Isaiah 3:10
Tell the righteous that blessings will come to them. They will taste the fruit of their labor.
Jeremiah 2:30
I have punished your children without results. They did not respond to correction. You killed my prophets like a raging lion.
Jeremiah 26:8
As soon as I had finished saying all that Jehovah commanded me to say, they grabbed me and shouted: You ought to be killed for this!
Jeremiah 26:21-23
When King Jehoiakim and all his personal troops and officials heard what Uriah said the king wanted to put him to death. But Uriah heard about it and fled in fear to Egypt.
Matthew 6:1-2
Be careful! Do not display your righteousness (good works) before men to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward with your heavenly Father.
Matthew 6:4-5
Your giving will be in secret and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Matthew 6:16
When you abstain from food, do not be like the hypocrites, with sad faces to be seen by men. They have received their reward.
Matthew 10:41-42
Anyone who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. Anyone who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
Matthew 16:27
The Son of man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels. He will then reward each man according to his deeds.
Matthew 21:34-38
When the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.
Matthew 23:31-37
You witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Luke 6:35
Love your enemies and do good to them. Lend expecting nothing in return and your reward will be great. You will be sons of the Most High for he is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
Luke 11:47-51
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets! You stone those sent to you. How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her own brood under her wings. But you would not have it!
Acts 7:51-52
You obstinate men who are uncircumcised in heart and ears. You always resist the Holy Spirit as your fathers did.
Acts 16:25
Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God at midnight. The prisoners were listening to them.
1 Corinthians 3:8
Now he who plants and he who waters are one [in purpose] and every man will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
2 Corinthians 4:17
Our light affliction is for the moment. It works more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory for us.
Philippians 2:17
If I am offered for the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice with you all.
Colossians 3:24
You know that God will give you the reward of the inheritance when you serve the Master, Christ.
Hebrews 11:6
Without faith it is impossible to please God. He who comes to God must believe that he is and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:26
He considered the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt. He looked intently (respectfully) for the payment of the reward.