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
But when Sanballat the Horonite, his servant Tobiah the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab heard about it, they jeered at us and despised us when they said, "What is this thing that you're doing? You're rebelling against the king, aren't you?"
He addressed his allies and the Samaritan officials, saying "What are these pathetic Jews doing? Are they intending to rebuild it by themselves? Do they intend to offer sacrifices? Will they finish in a single day? Can they make stones from this burned out rubble?"
Though I may be small and despised, I do not neglect your precepts.
As the ark of the LORD was coming into the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal was peering out a window, watching King David jumping and dancing in the LORD's presence, and she despised him in her heart.
"I'm a laughingstock to my friends, someone who called on God. But then he answered this upright and blameless man, and I have become a laughingstock.
When the Philistine looked and saw David, he had contempt for him, because he was only a young man. David had a dark, healthy complexion and was handsome.
And God chose what is insignificant in the world, what is despised, what is nothing, in order to destroy what is something,
When slandered, we answer with kind words. Even now we have become the filth of the world, the scum of the universe.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » General references to
LORD, my God, I seek refuge in you. Deliver me from those who persecute me! Rescue me!
My times are in your hands. Deliver me from the hands of my enemies and from those who pursue me.
All of your commands are reliable. I am persecuted without cause help me!
Though my persecutors and adversaries are numerous, I do not turn aside from your decrees.
Though nobles persecute me for no reason, my heart stands in awe of your words.
For those who oppose me are pursuing my life, crushing me to the ground, making me sit in darkness like those who died long ago.
You are aware LORD, remember me, pay attention to me, and vindicate me in front of those who pursue me. You are patient don't take me away. Know that I suffer insult because of you!
Our pursuers breathe down our necks; we are weary, but there is no rest for us.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » Predicted concerning the church
Don't be afraid of what you are going to suffer. Look! The Devil is going to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested. For ten days you will undergo suffering. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the victor's crown of life.
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"Then they'll hand you over to suffer and will kill you, and you'll be hated by all the nations because of my name.
Watch out for people who will hand you over to the local councils and whip you in their synagogues.
"But before all these things take place, people will arrest you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
Remember what I told 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.
You'll be thrown out of the synagogues. Yes, a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he's serving God.
Indeed, all who want to live a godly life in union with the Messiah Jesus will be persecuted.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Reproach suffered
If you are insulted because of the name of the Messiah, you are blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God is resting on you.
"How blessed are you whenever people hate you, avoid you, insult you, and slander you because of the Son of Man!
He thought that being insulted for the sake of the Messiah was of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.
To this end we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, that is, of those who believe.
At times you were made a public spectacle by means of insults and persecutions, while at other times you associated with people who were treated this way.
Therefore go to him outside the camp and endure the insults he endured.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Martyrdom » General references to
At this Paul replied, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? I'm ready not only to be tied up in Jerusalem but even to die for the name of the Lord Jesus!"
Even if I give away everything that I have and sacrifice myself, but have no love, I gain nothing.
Then I saw thrones, and those who sat on them were given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. They had not worshipped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. They came back to life and ruled with the Messiah for a thousand years.
"Brother will hand brother over for execution, and a father his child. Children will rebel against parents and have them put to death.
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When the lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and the testimony they had given.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » Of Christ
Even Herod and his soldiers treated him with contempt and made fun of him. He put a magnificent robe on Jesus and sent him back to Pilate.
So the Jewish leaders began persecuting Jesus, because he kept doing such things on the Sabbath.
They got up, forced Jesus out of the city, and led him to the edge of the hill on which their city was built, intending to throw him off.
After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee, because he didn't want to travel in Judea, since the Jewish leaders there were trying to kill him.
"I know that you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are trying to kill me because you've not received what I've told you.
Again they tried to seize him, but he slipped away from them.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Of the jews smiting of the righteous » General references to
Then the high priest Ananias ordered the men standing near him to strike him on the mouth.
Then they spit on him and took the stick and hit him repeatedly on his head.
I gave my back to those who beat me and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not turn away my face from insults and spitting.
Right then, Chenaanah's son Zedekiah approached Micaiah and struck him on the cheek. Then he asked him, "How did the Spirit of the LORD move from me to speak to you?"
When he said this, one of the officers standing nearby slapped Jesus on the face and demanded, "Is that any way to answer the high priest?"
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » death
For you have been given the privilege for the Messiah's sake not only to believe in him but also to suffer for him.
While we are alive, we are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be clearly shown in our mortal bodies.
That is why I take such pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for the Messiah's sake, for when I am weak, then I am strong.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of
He even had James, the brother of John, killed with a sword.
They were stoned to death, sawed in half, and killed with swords. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins. They were needy, oppressed, and mistreated.
When the lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and the testimony they had given.
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 rather Jesus the Messiah as Lord, and ourselves as merely your servants for Jesus' sake.
We are fools for the Messiah's sake, but you are wise in the Messiah. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Of the jews smiting of the righteous » Upon the cheek
Right then, Chenaanah's son Zedekiah approached Micaiah and struck him on the cheek. Then he asked him, "How did the Spirit of the LORD move from me to speak to you?"
If someone strikes you on the cheek, offer him the other one as well, and if someone takes your coat, don't keep back your shirt, either.
People gaped at me with mouths wide open; they slap me in their scorn and gather together against me.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Zechariah
But the people conspired against him, and at the direct orders of the king they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD's Temple.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Renunciation of worldly treasures
In fact, everyone who has left his homes, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times as much 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
The one who finds his life will lose it, and the one who loses his life because of me will find it."
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Hatred
You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Persecution
"How blessed are you whenever people insult you, persecute you, and say all sorts of evil things against you falsely because of me!
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Abel
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who died between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation!
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Suffering
since I'm going to show him how much he must suffer for my name's sake."
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » John the baptist
So without delay the king sent a soldier and ordered him to bring John's head. The soldier went and beheaded him in prison.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Stephen
ran him outside of the city, and began to stone him to death. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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