Luke 6:23
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because your reward in heaven is great! That's the way their ancestors used to treat the prophets.
Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be extremely glad, because your reward in heaven is great! That's how they persecuted the prophets who came before you."
2 Chronicles 36:16
but they mocked God's messengers, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until there was no remedy for the wrath of the LORD that arose to punish his people.
Revelation 21:7
The person who conquers will inherit these things. I will be his God, and he will be my son.
2 Samuel 6:16
As the ark of the LORD was coming into the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal was peering out a window, watching King David jumping and dancing in the LORD's presence, and she despised him in her heart.
1 Kings 18:4
had taken 100 prophets and had hidden them by fifties in a cave, providing them with food and water when Jezebel was trying to destroy the LORD's prophets.
1 Kings 19:2
Jezebel sent a messenger to tell Elijah, "May the gods do the same to me and even more if tomorrow about this time I haven't made you like one of those prophets you had killed."
1 Kings 19:10
"I've been very zealous for the LORD God of the Heavenly Armies," he replied. "The Israelis have abandoned your covenant, demolished your altars, executed your prophets with swords, and I that's right, just me! am the only one left. Now they're seeking my life, to get rid of me!"
1 Kings 19:14
"I've been very zealous for the LORD God of the Heavenly Armies," he replied. "The Israelis have abandoned your covenant, demolished your altars, executed your prophets with swords, and I that's right, just me! am the only one left. Now they're seeking my life, to get rid of me!"
1 Kings 21:20
Later on, Ahab asked Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?"
1 Kings 22:8
"There is still one man left by whom we could ask the LORD what to do," the king of Israel replied to Jehoshaphat, "but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me. Instead, he prophesies evil. He is Imla's son Micaiah." But Jehoshaphat rebuked Ahab, "Kings should never talk like that."
1 Kings 22:27
Give him this order: "Place him in prison on survival rations of bread and water only until I come back safely.'"
2 Kings 6:31
He said, "May God do to me and more also! if the head of Shaphat's son Elisha remains on his shoulders today!"
Nehemiah 9:26
"Then they disobeyed, rebelled against you, and threw your Law behind their backs. They murdered your prophets who had admonished the people to return to you, committing terrible blasphemies.
Isaiah 35:6
then the lame will leap like deer, and the tongues of speechless people will sing for joy. Yes, waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams will run through the desert;
Jeremiah 2:30
"I've punished your children with no results, they have accepted no discipline. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destroying lion."
Matthew 6:1-2
"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people in order to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
Matthew 21:35-36
But the farmers took his servants and beat one, killed another, and attacked another with stones.
Matthew 23:31-37
Therefore, you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
Luke 1:41
When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby jumped in her womb. Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit
Luke 1:44
As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb jumped for joy.
Luke 6:35
Rather, love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind even to ungrateful and evil people.
Acts 3:8
and he sprang to his feet, stood up, and began to walk. Then he went with them into the Temple, walking, jumping, and praising God.
Acts 5:41
They left the Council, rejoicing to have been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the Name.
Acts 7:51-52
"You stubborn people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.
Acts 14:10
he said in a loud voice, "Stand up straight on your feet!" Then the man jumped up and began to walk.
Romans 5:3
Not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
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.
Colossians 1:24
Now I am rejoicing while suffering for you as I complete in my flesh whatever remains of the Messiah's sufferings on behalf of his body, which is the church.
1 Thessalonians 2:14-15
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in union with the Messiah Jesus. You suffered the same persecutions from the people of your own country as they did from those Jews
2 Thessalonians 1:5-7
This is evidence of God's righteous judgment and is intended to make you worthy of God's kingdom, for which you are suffering.
2 Timothy 2:12
Enduring, we with him will reign. Who him denies, he will disclaim.
2 Timothy 4:7-8
I have fought the good fight. I have completed the race. I have kept the faith.
Hebrews 11:6
Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who diligently search for him.
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.
Hebrews 11:32-39
And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell you about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets.
James 1:2
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials,
1 Peter 4:13
Instead, because you are participating in the sufferings of the Messiah, keep on rejoicing, so that you may be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.
Revelation 2:7
"Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To everyone who conquers I will give the privilege of eating from the tree of life that is in God's paradise.'"
Revelation 2:10-11
Don't be afraid of what you are going to suffer. Look! The Devil is going to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested. For ten days you will undergo suffering. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the victor's crown of life.
Revelation 2:17
"Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone. On the white stone is written a new name that no one knows except the person who receives it.'"
Revelation 2:26
To the person who conquers and continues to do what I've commanded to the end, I will give authority over the nations.
Revelation 3:5
The person who conquers in this way will wear white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the Book of Life. I will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father and his angels.
Revelation 3:12
I will make the one who conquers to become a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and he will never go out of it again. I will write on him the name of my God, the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God), and my own new name.