1 Peter 4:14
If you are being abused for the sake of Christ, you are blessed, because the glorious Spirit of God is resting upon you.
Matthew 5:11
"Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and falsely say everything bad of you, on my account.
1 Peter 3:16
and keep your conscience clear, so that those who abuse your upright Christian conduct may be made ashamed of their slanders.
Luke 6:22
"Blessed are you when people hate you and exclude you and denounce you and spurn the name you bear as evil, on account of the Son of Man.
Matthew 5:16
Your light must burn in that way among men so that they will see the good you do, and praise your Father in heaven.
John 7:47-52
The Pharisees answered, "Have you been imposed upon too?
John 8:48
The Jews answered, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed?"
John 9:28
Then they sneered at him, and said, "You are a disciple of his yourself, but we are disciples of Moses.
John 9:34
They answered, "You were born in utter sin, and are you trying to teach us?" So they excluded him from the synagogue.
John 15:21
But they will do all this to you on my account, because they do not understand him who sent me.
Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowd, they were very jealous, and they contradicted what Paul said and abused him.
Acts 18:6
But as they contradicted and abused him, he shook his clothes in protest, and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am not to blame for it! After this I will go to the heathen."
2 Corinthians 12:10
That is why I am pleased with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties, when they are endured for Christ's sake, for it is when I am weak that I am strong.
Galatians 1:24
and they praised God for me.
2 Thessalonians 1:10-12
when on that Day he comes to be honored in his people, and wondered at in all who believe in him??ecause our testimony has been confirmed in you.
Hebrews 11:26
and thought such contempt as the Christ endured was truer wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking forward to the coming reward.
James 1:12
Blessed is the man who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will be given the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
James 5:11
Why, we call those who showed such endurance happy! You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen what the Lord brought out of it, for the Lord is very kind and merciful.
1 Peter 2:12
Live upright lives among the heathen, so that even if they charge you with being evil-doers, they may from observing the uprightness of your conduct come to praise God on the Day of Judgment.
1 Peter 2:19-20
For God approves a man if from a sense of duty he endures suffering unjustly inflicted??20 for what credit is there in your enduring being beaten for doing wrong? But if you endure suffering for doing what is right, you have God's approval.
1 Peter 3:14
Even if you should suffer for uprightness, you are blessed. But do not be afraid of them, nor be troubled,
1 Peter 4:4-5
They are amazed that you no longer join them in plunging into the flood of dissipation, and they abuse you for it;
2 Peter 2:2
Many people will follow their immoral ways, and they will cause the true way to be maligned.