Matthew 5:12

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Summary

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

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General references

Matthew 21:35

Bible References

For great

Take heed not to do your alms before men to be seen of them, otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in the heavens.

He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.

For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to each according to his doings.

After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, thy exceeding great reward.

Jehovah recompense thy work, and let thy reward be full from Jehovah the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.

Moreover, by them is thy servant enlightened; in keeping them there is great reward.

And men shall say, Verily there is fruit for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.

The wicked worketh a deceitful work; but he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.

Say ye of the righteous that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in the heaven, for after this manner did their fathers act toward the prophets.

But the planter and the waterer are one; but each shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance; ye serve the Lord Christ.

But without faith it is impossible to please him. For he that draws near to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them who seek him out.

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But when the time of fruit drew near, he sent his bondmen to the husbandmen to receive his fruits.

So that ye bear witness of yourselves that ye are sons of those who slew the prophets:

and it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and maintained them with bread and water);

And Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah saying, So do the gods to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to-morrow about this time!

And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, mine enemy? And he said, I have found thee; because thou hast sold thyself to do evil in the sight of Jehovah.

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil: it is Micah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

And he sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he sat on the top of the mount. And he spoke to him: Man of God, the king says, Come down!

And Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in the prison; for he was enraged with him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time.

And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood up above the people and said unto them, Thus saith God: Wherefore do ye transgress the commandments of Jehovah? And ye cannot prosper; for ye have forsaken Jehovah, and he hath forsaken you.

But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the fury of Jehovah rose against his people, and there was no remedy.

But they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

In vain have I smitten your children: they received no correction. Your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

And it came to pass when Jeremiah had ended speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, Thou shalt certainly die.

rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in the heaven, for after this manner did their fathers act toward the prophets.

Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those that are sent unto her, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not.

O stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, ye also.

who have both slain the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and have driven us out by persecution, and do not please God, and are against all men,

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And the husbandmen took his bondmen, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another.