Matthew 5:12

Be glad and exult over it, for you will be richly rewarded in heaven, for that is the way they persecuted the prophets who went before you!

Luke 6:23

Be glad when that happens, and leap for joy, for you will be richly rewarded in heaven, for that is the way their forefathers treated the prophets.

Acts 5:41

So they went out from before the council, glad that they had been thought worthy to bear disgrace for the sake of Jesus,

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed the Lord Jesus and persecuted the prophets and us; who displease God, and in their hostility to all mankind

1 Peter 4:13

but be glad that you are in a measure sharing the sufferings of the Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may be triumphantly happy.

Romans 5:3

More than that, we ought to glory in our troubles, for we know that trouble produces endurance,

Colossians 1:24

At present I am glad to be suffering in your interest, and I am making up in my own person what is lacking in Christ's sufferings for the church, which is his body.

James 1:2

You must find the greatest joy, my brothers, in being involved in various trials,

Matthew 6:1-2

"But take care not to do your good deeds in public for people to see, for, if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven.

Matthew 6:4-5

so that your charity may be secret, and your Father who sees what is secret will reward you.

Matthew 6:16

"When you fast, do not put on a gloomy look, like the hypocrites, for they neglect their personal appearance to let people see that they are fasting. I tell you, that is all the reward they will get.

Matthew 10:41-42

Whoever welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will have the same reward as a prophet, and whoever welcomes an upright man because he is upright will have the same reward as an upright man.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone for what he has done.

Matthew 21:34-38

When the time for the vintage approached he sent his slaves to the tenants to receive his share.

Matthew 23:31-37

So you bear witness against yourselves that you are descended from the murderers of the prophets.

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, and help them and lend to them, never despairing, and you will be richly rewarded, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind even to the ungrateful and the wicked.

Luke 11:47-51

Alas for you! For you build monuments for the prophets, whom your forefathers killed.

Luke 13:34

O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! murdering the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you refused!

Acts 7:51-52

You stubborn people, with heathen hearts and ears, you are always opposing the holy Spirit, just as your forefathers did!

Acts 16:25

But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

1 Corinthians 3:8

The planter and the waterer are all one, though each of us will be paid for his own work.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For this slight, momentary trouble is piling up for me an eternal blessedness beyond all comparison,

Philippians 2:17

Even if my life is to be poured out as a libation as you offer your faith in a service of sacrifice to God, I am glad to have it so, and I congratulate you upon it,

Colossians 3:24

for you know that it is from him that you are to receive that inheritance which is to be your reward. Think of Christ as the master you are working for.

Hebrews 11:6

but without faith it is impossible to please him; for whoever would approach God must have faith in his existence and in his willingness to reward those who try to find him.

Hebrews 11:26

and thought such contempt as the Christ endured was truer wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking forward to the coming reward.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

General references

Bible References

For great

Matthew 6:1
"But take care not to do your good deeds in public for people to see, for, if you do, you will get no reward from your Father in heaven.
Matthew 10:41
Whoever welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will have the same reward as a prophet, and whoever welcomes an upright man because he is upright will have the same reward as an upright man.
Matthew 16:27
For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in his Father's glory, and then he will repay everyone for what he has done.
Luke 6:23
Be glad when that happens, and leap for joy, for you will be richly rewarded in heaven, for that is the way their forefathers treated the prophets.
1 Corinthians 3:8
The planter and the waterer are all one, though each of us will be paid for his own work.
Colossians 3:24
for you know that it is from him that you are to receive that inheritance which is to be your reward. Think of Christ as the master you are working for.
Hebrews 11:6
but without faith it is impossible to please him; for whoever would approach God must have faith in his existence and in his willingness to reward those who try to find him.

For so

Matthew 21:34
When the time for the vintage approached he sent his slaves to the tenants to receive his share.
Matthew 23:31
So you bear witness against yourselves that you are descended from the murderers of the prophets.
Luke 6:23
Be glad when that happens, and leap for joy, for you will be richly rewarded in heaven, for that is the way their forefathers treated the prophets.
Luke 11:47
Alas for you! For you build monuments for the prophets, whom your forefathers killed.
Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! murdering the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you refused!
Acts 7:51
You stubborn people, with heathen hearts and ears, you are always opposing the holy Spirit, just as your forefathers did!
1 Thessalonians 2:15
who killed the Lord Jesus and persecuted the prophets and us; who displease God, and in their hostility to all mankind

General references

Matthew 21:35
But the tenants took his slaves and beat one and killed another and stoned a third.