Matthew 5:11

Authorized King James Version (1611)

‹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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