Matthew 5:10

The Beatitudes

⁹ Blessed [are] the peacemakers, because they will be called sons of God. ¹⁰ Blessed [are] those who are persecuted because of righteousness, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ¹¹ Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute [you] and say all kinds of evil things against you, lying on account of me.

Blessed are

Kingdom of Heaven

Matthew 5:3

"Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and revile [you] and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.

2 Timothy 2:12

if we endure, we will also reign with [him]; if we deny [him], he also will deny us;

Psalm 37:12

[The] wicked plans [evil] against the righteous, and gnashes at him [with] his teeth.

Matthew 10:23

And whenever they persecute you in this town, flee to another, for truly I say to you, you will never finish [going through] the towns of Israel until the Son of Man comes.

Matthew 25:34

Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, [you] who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world!

Mark 10:30

{who will not} receive a hundred times as much now in this time--houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, together with persecutions--and in the age to come, eternal life.

Luke 6:20

And he lifted up his eyes to his disciples [and] said, "Blessed [are] the poor, because yours is the kingdom of God.

Luke 21:12

"But before all these [things], they will lay their hands on you and will persecute [you], handing [you] over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

John 15:20

Remember the word that I said to you: 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

Acts 5:40

And they summoned the apostles, beat [them], commanded [them] not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released [them].

Acts 8:1

And Saul was agreeing with his murder. Now there happened on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Romans 8:35-39

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? [Will] affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?

1 Corinthians 4:9-13

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as condemned to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world and to angels and to people.

2 Corinthians 4:8-12

We are afflicted in every [way], but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;

2 Corinthians 4:17

For our momentary light affliction is producing in us an eternal weight of glory {beyond all measure and proportion},

Philippians 1:28

and not letting yourselves be intimidated in anything by your opponents, which is a sign of destruction to them, but of your salvation, and this from God,

2 Thessalonians 1:4-7

so that we ourselves boast in you in the churches of God about your patient endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring,

2 Timothy 3:11

persecutions, [and] sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, [and] in Lystra, what sort of persecutions I endured, and the Lord delivered me from all [of them].

James 1:2-5

Consider [it] all joy, my brothers, whenever you encounter various trials,

James 1:12

Blessed [is] the person who endures testing, because [when he] is approved he will receive the crown of life that he has promised to those who love him.

1 Peter 3:13-14

And who [is] the one who will harm you if you are a zealous adherent for what is good?

1 Peter 4:12-16

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, [when it] takes place to test you, as [if] [something] strange were happening to you.

1 John 3:12

not as Cain, who was of the evil one and violently murdered his brother. And {for what reason} did he violently murder him? Because his deeds were evil and the [deeds] of his brother [were] righteous.

Revelation 2:10

Do not be afraid of [the things] which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw [some] of you into prison so that you may be tested, and you will experience affliction ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.