Matthew 5:11

The Beatitudes

¹⁰ “Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ¹¹ “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. ¹² Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Blessed are

For My Name

For My Sake

On Account Of Me

1 Peter 4:14

If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

Matthew 10:25

It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household!

Matthew 10:39

He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it.

Mark 8:35

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

Mark 13:13

You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

Luke 21:17

and you will be hated by all because of My name.

John 15:21

But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.

1 Peter 2:23

and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously;

Psalm 35:11

Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me of things that I do not know.

Psalm 44:22

But for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Isaiah 66:5

Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at His word:
“Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you for My name’s sake,
Have said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy.’
But they will be put to shame.

Matthew 10:18

and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

Matthew 10:22

You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name’s sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life.

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

Matthew 27:39

And those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads

Mark 4:17

and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away.

Mark 13:9

“But be on your guard; for they will deliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them.

Luke 7:33-34

For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

Luke 9:24

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.

Luke 21:12

“But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for My name’s sake.

John 9:28

They reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

Acts 9:16

for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.”

Romans 8:36

Just as it is written,
“For Your sake we are being put to death all day long;
We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are prudent in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are distinguished, but we are without honor.

2 Corinthians 4:11

For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

Revelation 2:3

and you have perseverance and have endured for My name’s sake, and have not grown weary.