7 Bible Verses about Sufferings Rewarded

"Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.

Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) -- if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.

If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us.

For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.

He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward.

Then I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.