Thematic Bible: Suffering for righteousness' sake
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Saints despised
But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they jeered at us and despised us and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"
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And he said in the presence of his brothers and of the army of Samaria, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore it for themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, and burned ones at that?"
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I am small and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts.
As the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
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I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God and he answered me, a just and blameless man, am a laughingstock.
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And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance.
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God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are,
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when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » General references to
O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge; save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,
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My times are in your hand; rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from my persecutors!
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All your commandments are sure; they persecute me with falsehood; help me!
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Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, but I do not swerve from your testimonies.
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Princes persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of your words.
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For the enemy has pursued my soul; he has crushed my life to the ground; he has made me sit in darkness like those long dead.
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O LORD, you know; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In your forbearance take me not away; know that for your sake I bear reproach.
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Our pursuers are at our necks; we are weary; we are given no rest.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » Predicted concerning the church
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
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"Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
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Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues,
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But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
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Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
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They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
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Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Reproach suffered
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
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"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!
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He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
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For to this end we toil and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
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sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
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Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Martyrdom » General references to
Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
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If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
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Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
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Brother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death,
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When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » Of Christ
And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, arraying him in splendid clothing, he sent him back to Pilate.
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And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
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And they rose up and drove him out of the town and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.
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After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.
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I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.
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Again they sought to arrest him, but he escaped from their hands.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Of the jews smiting of the righteous » General references to
And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
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And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.
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I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting.
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Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, "How did the Spirit of the LORD go from me to speak to you?"
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When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, "Is that how you answer the high priest?"
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » death
For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,
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For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
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For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of
He killed James the brother of John with the sword,
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They were stoned, they were sawn in two,they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated--
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When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Loss of reputation
For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
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We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Of the jews smiting of the righteous » Upon the cheek
Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, "How did the Spirit of the LORD go from me to speak to you?"
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To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either.
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Men have gaped at me with their mouth; they have struck me insolently on the cheek; they mass themselves together against me.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Zechariah
But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the LORD.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Renunciation of worldly treasures
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Loss of life
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Hatred
and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Persecution
"Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Abel
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Suffering
For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » John the baptist
And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. He went and beheaded him in the prison
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Stephen
Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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