1 Peter 4:14
If you are suffering abuse because you bear the name of Christ, you are happy, because the glorious Spirit of God is resting upon you.
Matthew 5:11
"Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and keep on falsely telling all sorts of evil against you for my sake.
1 Peter 3:16
and keep your conscience clear, so that those who bitterly abuse your excellent conduct as Christians may be ashamed of slandering you.
Luke 6:22
Blessed are you when people hate you and exclude you and denounce you, and spurn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.
Matthew 5:16
Let your light shine before people in such a way that they may see your good deeds, and praise your Father in heaven.
John 7:47-52
Then the Pharisees answered, "You are not swept off your feet too, are you?
John 8:48
Then the Jews answered Him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and are under the power of a demon?"
John 9:28
Then they jeered him, and said, "You are a disciple of His yourself, but we are disciples of Moses.
John 9:34
Then they retorted, "You were born in total depravity, and yet you are trying to teach us!" And so they turned him out of the synagogue.
John 15:21
They will do all this to you on account of me, because they do not know Him who has sent me.
Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were completely overcome by their jealousy and began to contradict the statements made by Paul, and even to abuse him.
Acts 18:6
But as they opposed and abused him, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, "Your blood be upon your own heads! I am not to blame for it myself. Hereafter I am going to the heathen."
2 Corinthians 12:10
So I most happily boast about my weaknesses, so that the strength of Christ may overshadow me. That is why I take such pleasure in weaknesses, insults, distresses, persecution, and difficulties, which I endure for Christ's sake, for it is when I am consciously weak that I am really strong.
Galatians 1:24
and they kept on praising God for me.
2 Thessalonians 1:10-12
when on that day He comes to be glorified in His consecrated ones and to be admired by all who believe in Him because our testimony has been confidently accepted among you.
Hebrews 11:26
and thought the reproach endured for the Christ was greater wealth than all the treasures in Egypt, for he kept his eye upon the reward.
James 1:12
Blessed is the person who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him.
James 5:11
See how we call those who thus endured happy! You have heard how patiently Job endured and have seen how the Lord finally blessed him, because the Lord is tenderhearted and merciful.
1 Peter 2:12
Keep on living upright lives among the heathen, so that, when they slander you as evildoers, by what they see of your good deeds they may come to praise God on the judgment day.
1 Peter 2:19-20
For it is pleasing in the sight of God for one to bear his sorrows though suffering innocently.
1 Peter 3:14
Instead, you are happy, even if you should suffer for doing right. Never be afraid of their threats, and never be disturbed,
1 Peter 4:4-5
They are astonished that you are not still rushing hand in hand with them into the same excesses of profligate living, and they abuse you for it;
2 Peter 2:2
Many people will follow their immoral ways, and because of them the true Way will be abused,