Matthew 5:11

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

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  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
  • Luke 21:17 : 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
  • Matt 24:9 : 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
  • Mark 13:13 : 13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
  • Matt 19:29 : 29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
  • Matt 10:39 : 39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
  • Luke 6:22 : 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
  • John 15:21 : 21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
  • Rev 2:3 : 3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
  • Matt 10:22 : 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
  • Matt 27:39 : 39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
  • Mark 8:35 : 35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
  • Rom 8:36 : 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
  • 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
  • John 9:28 : 28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
  • Mark 4:17 : 17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
  • Isa 66:5 : 5 Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.
  • Matt 10:18 : 18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
  • Ps 44:22 : 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
  • Mark 13:9 : 9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
  • Luke 7:33-34 : 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. 34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
  • Luke 9:24 : 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
  • Luke 21:12 : 12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
  • 2 Cor 4:11 : 11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.

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    22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

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  • Matt 5:43-45
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    43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.

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  • 14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

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    26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

    27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,

    28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.

  • 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.

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    22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

    23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

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    13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

    14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

  • 13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

  • 14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

  • 9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.

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    38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

    39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

  • 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

  • 12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

  • 12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

  • 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

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    17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

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    20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.

    21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.

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    5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

    6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;

  • 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

  • 6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

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    19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

    20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

  • 14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

  • 11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

  • 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

  • 16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

  • 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.