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 heareth, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, and they mock at us, and despise us, and say, 'What is this thing that ye are doing? against the king are ye rebelling?'
and saith before his brethren and the force of Samaria, yea, he saith, 'What are the weak Jews doing? are they left to themselves? do they sacrifice? do they complete in a day? do they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish? -- and they burnt!'
Small I am, and despised, Thy precepts I have not forgotten.
and it hath come to pass, the ark of Jehovah hath come in to the city of David, and Michal daughter of Saul, hath looked through the window, and seeth king David moving and dancing before Jehovah, and despiseth him in her heart.
A laughter to his friend I am: 'He calleth to God, and He answereth him,' A laughter is the perfect righteous one.
and the Philistine looketh attentively, and seeth David, and despiseth him, for he was a youth, and ruddy, with a fair appearance.
and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless --
being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become -- of all things an offscouring -- till now.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » General references to
'The Erring One,' by David, that he sung to Jehovah concerning the words of Cush a Benjamite. O Jehovah, my God, in Thee I have trusted, Save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me.
In Thy hand are my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.
All Thy commands are faithfulness, With falsehood they have pursued me, Help Thou me.
Shin. Princes have pursued me without cause, And because of Thy words was my heart afraid.
For an enemy hath pursued my soul, He hath bruised to the earth my life, He hath caused me to dwell in dark places, As the dead of old.
Thou, Thou hast known, O Jehovah, Remember me, and inspect me, And take vengeance for me of my pursuers, In Thy long-suffering take me not away, Know -- I have borne for Thee reproach.
For our neck we have been pursued, We have laboured -- there hath been no rest for us.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » Predicted concerning the church
'Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.
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then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;
And, take ye heed of men, for they will give you up to sanhedrims, and in their synagogues they will scourge you,
and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake;
'Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;
out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;
and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted,
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Reproach suffered
if ye be reproached in the name of Christ -- happy are ye, because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;
Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake --
greater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward;
for for this we both labour and are reproached, because we hope on the living God, who is Saviour of all men -- especially of those believing.
partly both with reproaches and tribulations being made spectacles, and partly having become partners of those so living,
now, then, may we go forth unto him without the camp, his reproach bearing;
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Martyrdom » General references to
and Paul answered, 'What do ye -- weeping, and crushing mine heart? for I, not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, am ready, for the name of the Lord Jesus;'
and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.
And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;
'And 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 he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony that they held,
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » Of Christ
and Herod with his soldiers having set him at nought, and having mocked, having put around him gorgeous apparel, did send him back to Pilate,
and because of this were the Jews persecuting Jesus, and seeking to kill him, because these things he was doing on a sabbath.
and having risen, they put him forth without the city, and brought him unto the brow of the hill on which their city had been built -- to cast him down headlong,
And Jesus was walking after these things in Galilee, for he did not wish to walk in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him,
'I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;
Therefore were they seeking again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand,
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Of the jews smiting of the righteous » General references to
and the chief priest Ananias commanded those standing by him to smite him on the mouth,
And having spit on him, they took the reed, and were smiting on his head;
My back I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not from shame and spitting.
And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah draweth nigh, and smiteth Micaiah on the cheek, and saith, 'Where is this -- he hath passed over -- the Spirit of Jehovah -- from me to speak with thee?'
And he having said these things, one of the officers standing by did give Jesus a slap, saying, 'Thus dost thou answer the chief priest?'
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » death
because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;
for always are we who are living delivered up to death because of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our dying flesh,
wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses -- for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of
and he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword,
they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tried; in the killing of the sword they died; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins -- being destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,
And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony that they held,
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Loss of reputation
for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus -- Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;
we are fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we are ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Of the jews smiting of the righteous » Upon the cheek
And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah draweth nigh, and smiteth Micaiah on the cheek, and saith, 'Where is this -- he hath passed over -- the Spirit of Jehovah -- from me to speak with thee?'
and to him smiting thee upon the cheek, give also the other, and from him taking away from thee the mantle, also the coat thou mayest not keep back.
They have gaped on me with their mouth, In reproach they have smitten my cheeks, Together against me they set themselves.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Zechariah
And they conspire against him, and stone him with stones by 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 left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my name's sake, an hundredfold shall receive, and life age-during shall inherit;
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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 who found his life shall lose it, and he who 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 by all because of my name, but he who hath 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
Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake --
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Abel
from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Suffering
for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » John the baptist
and immediately the king having sent a guardsman, did command his head to be brought,
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Stephen
and having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning him -- and the witnesses did put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul --
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