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 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 3:16
But do this gently and respectfully, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak evil of your good conduct in the Messiah will be ashamed of slandering you.
Psalm 89:51
when your enemies reproached you, LORD, when they reproached the footsteps of your anointed.
Luke 6:22
"How blessed are you whenever people hate you, avoid you, insult you, and slander you because of the Son of Man!
Numbers 11:25-26
The LORD came down in a cloud, spoke to Moses, and made an apportionment from the spirit who rested on him to the 70 elders. When the spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but that was it.
1 Kings 10:8
How blessed are your staff! And how blessed are your employees, who serve you continuously and get to listen to your wisdom!
2 Kings 2:15
As soon as the Guild of Prophets who lived adjacent to Jericho saw Elisha, they began to announce, "The spirit of Elijah is at rest on Elisha!" So they came out to meet him and they greeted him by bowing low to the ground in front of him.
Psalm 32:1-2
How blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psalm 49:9
that he should go on living and not see corruption.
Psalm 146:5
Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
Isaiah 11:2
The Spirit of the LORD will rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and power, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
Isaiah 51:7
Listen to me, you who know righteousness, you people who have my instruction in their hearts. Don't fear the insults of mortals, and don't be dismayed at their hateful words.
Matthew 5:16
In the same way, let your light shine before people in such a way that they will see your good actions and glorify your Father in heaven."
John 7:47-52
Then the Pharisees replied to them, "You haven't been deceived, too, have you?
John 8:48
The Jewish leaders replied to him, "Surely we're right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon, aren't we?"
John 9:28
At this, they turned on him in fury and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses!
John 9:34
They asked him, "You were born a sinner and you are trying to instruct us?" And they threw him out.
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.
Acts 13:45
But when the Jewish leaders saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to object to the statements made by Paul and even to abuse him.
Acts 18:6
But when they began to oppose him and insult him, he shook out his clothes in protest and told them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the gentiles."
2 Corinthians 12:10
That is why I take such pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for the Messiah's sake, for when I am weak, then I am strong.
Galatians 1:24
So they kept glorifying God for what had happened to me.
2 Thessalonians 1:10-12
when he comes to be glorified by his saints and to be regarded with wonder on that day by all who have believed including you, because you believed our testimony.
Hebrews 11:26
He thought that being insulted for the sake of the Messiah was of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.
James 1:12
How blessed is the man who endures temptation! When he has passed the test, he will receive the victor's crown of life that God has promised to those who keep on loving him.
James 5:11
We consider those who endured to be blessed. You have heard about Job's endurance and have seen the purpose of the Lord that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
1 Peter 2:12
Continue to live such upright lives among the gentiles that, when they slander you as practicers of evil, they may see your good actions and glorify God when he visits them.
1 Peter 2:19-20
For it is a fine thing if, when moved by your conscience to please God, you suffer patiently when wronged.
1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. "Never be afraid of their threats, and never get upset.
1 Peter 4:4-5
They insult you now because they are surprised that you are no longer joining them in the same excesses of wild living.
2 Peter 2:2
Many people will follow their immoral ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.