Thematic Bible: Suffering for righteousness' sake
Thematic Bible
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Saints despised
And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobijah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it; and they mocked us and despised us, and said, What is this thing which ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
And he spoke before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? shall they be permitted to go on? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, when they are burned?
I am little and despised: thy precepts have I not forgotten.
And as the ark of Jehovah came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart.
I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon +God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright man.
And when the Philistine looked about and saw David, he disdained him; for he was a youth, and ruddy, and besides of a beautiful countenance.
and the ignoble things of the world, and the despised, has God chosen, and things that are not, that he may annul the things that are;
insulted, we entreat: we are become as the offscouring of the world, the refuse of all, until now.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » General references to
{Shiggaion of David, which he sang to Jehovah, concerning the words of Cush the Benjaminite.} Jehovah my God, in thee have I trusted: save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me;
My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from my persecutors.
All thy commandments are faithfulness. They persecute me wrongfully: help thou me.
Many are my persecutors and mine oppressors; I have not declined from thy testimonies.
SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
For the enemy persecuteth my soul: he hath crushed my life down to the earth; he hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
Jehovah, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors; in thy long-suffering take me not away: know that for thy sake I bear reproach.
Our pursuers are on our necks: we are weary, we have no rest.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » Predicted concerning the church
Fear nothing of what thou art about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of life.
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Then shall they deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you; and ye will be hated of all the nations for my name's sake.
But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues;
But before all these things they shall lay their hands upon you and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors on account of my name;
Remember the word which I said unto you, The bondman is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep also yours.
They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming that every one who kills you will think to render service to God;
And all indeed who desire to live piously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Reproach suffered
If ye are reproached in the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you: on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as wicked, for the Son of man's sake:
esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, for he had respect to the recompense.
for, for this we labour and suffer reproach, because we hope in a living God, who is preserver of all men, specially of those that believe.
on the one hand, when ye were made a spectacle both in reproaches and afflictions; and on the other, when ye became partakers with those who were passing through them.
therefore let us go forth to him without the camp, bearing his reproach:
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Martyrdom » General references to
But Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
And if I shall dole out all my goods in food, and if I deliver up my body that I may be burned, but have not love, I profit nothing.
And I saw thrones; and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them; and the souls of those beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus, and on account of the word of God; and those who had not done homage to the beast nor to his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and hand; and they lived and reigned with the Christ a thousand years:
But brother shall deliver up brother to death, and father child; and children shall rise up against parents and shall put them to death;
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And when it opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held;
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » Of Christ
And Herod with his troops having set him at nought and mocked him, having put a splendid robe upon him, sent him back to Pilate.
And for this the Jews persecuted Jesus and sought to kill him, because he had done these things on sabbath.
and rising up they cast him forth out of the city, and led him up to the brow of the mountain upon which their city was built, so that they might throw him down the precipice;
And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he would not walk in Judaea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no entrance in you.
They sought therefore again to take him; and he went away from out of their hand
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Of the jews smiting of the righteous » General references to
But the high priest Ananias ordered those standing by him to smite his mouth.
And having spit upon him, they took the reed and beat him on his head.
I gave my back to smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micah upon the cheek, and said, Where now went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak to thee?
But as he said these things, one of the officers who stood by gave a blow on the face to Jesus, saying, Answerest thou the high priest thus?
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » death
because to you has been given, as regards Christ, not only the believing on him but the suffering for him also,
for we who live are always delivered unto death on account of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh;
Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits, for Christ: for when I am weak, then I am powerful.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of
and slew James, the brother of John, with the sword.
They were stoned, were sawn asunder, were tempted, died by the death of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, evil treated,
And when it opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held;
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Loss of reputation
For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus Lord, and ourselves your bondmen for Jesus' sake.
We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye prudent in Christ: we weak, but ye strong: ye glorious, but we in dishonour.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Of the jews smiting of the righteous » Upon the cheek
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micah upon the cheek, and said, Where now went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak to thee?
To him that smites thee on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him that would take away thy garment, forbid not thy body-coat also.
They gape upon me with their mouth; they smite my cheeks reproachfully; they range themselves together against me.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Zechariah
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the command of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Renunciation of worldly treasures
And every one who has left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit life eternal.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Loss of life
He that finds his life shall lose it, and he who has lost his life for my sake shall find it.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Hatred
and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end, he shall be saved.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Persecution
Blessed are ye when they may reproach and persecute you, and say every wicked thing against you, lying, for my sake.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Abel
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yea, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Suffering
for I will shew to him how much he must suffer for my name.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » John the baptist
And immediately the king, having sent one of the guard, ordered his head to be brought. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison,
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Stephen
and having cast him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.
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