Luke 6:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in like manner did their fathers to the prophets.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 5:12 : 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
  • Rev 2:7 : 7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
  • Rev 21:7 : 7 He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
  • Rev 2:10-11 : 10 Fear none of those things which you will suffer. Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you a crown of life. 11 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.
  • Rev 2:17 : 17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the hidden manna to eat, and will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.
  • Rev 2:26 : 26 And he who overcomes, and keeps my works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations—
  • Rev 3:5 : 5 He who overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white garments; and I will not blot out his name from the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
  • Rev 3:12 : 12 He who overcomes, I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
  • Neh 9:26 : 26 Nevertheless, they were disobedient and rebelled against You, cast Your law behind their backs, and killed Your prophets who testified against them, to turn them back to You, and they performed great provocations.
  • Isa 35:6 : 6 Then shall the lame man leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute sing: for waters shall burst forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
  • Jer 2:30 : 30 In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
  • 2 Sam 6:16 : 16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
  • 1 Kgs 18:4 : 4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
  • 1 Kgs 19:2 : 2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.
  • 1 Kgs 19:10 : 10 And he said, I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts, for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.
  • 1 Kgs 19:14 : 14 And he said, I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts, because the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.
  • 1 Kgs 21:20 : 20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you: because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.
  • 1 Kgs 22:8 : 8 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
  • 1 Kgs 22:27 : 27 And say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
  • 2 Kgs 6:31 : 31 Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall remain on him today.
  • Matt 6:1-2 : 1 Be careful not to do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them; otherwise, you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. 2 Therefore, when you do your charitable deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.
  • Matt 21:35-36 : 35 And the vine dressers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first, and they did likewise to them.
  • Matt 23:31-37 : 31 Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' guilt. 33 Serpents, brood of vipers, how can you escape the condemnation of hell? 34 Therefore, indeed, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you, how often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
  • Luke 1:41 : 41 When Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
  • Luke 1:44 : 44 For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
  • Luke 6:35 : 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.
  • Acts 3:8 : 8 And he, leaping up, stood and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
  • Acts 5:41 : 41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name.
  • Acts 7:51-52 : 51 You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? And they have killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers,
  • Acts 14:10 : 10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on your feet. And he leaped up and walked.
  • Rom 5:3 : 3 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces patience;
  • 2 Cor 12:10 : 10 Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
  • Col 1:24 : 24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the church:
  • 1 Thess 2:14-15 : 14 For you, brothers, became followers of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Jews: 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God, and are contrary to all men:
  • 2 Thess 1:5-7 : 5 Which is a clear sign of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer: 6 Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you; 7 And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
  • 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 If we endure, we shall also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He also will deny us;
  • 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith: 8 Finally there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day; and not only to me but also to all who have loved His appearing.
  • Heb 11:6 : 6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
  • Heb 11:26 : 26 esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
  • Heb 11:32-39 : 32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets: 33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35 Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 Still others had trials of cruel mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,
  • Jas 1:2 : 2 My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into various trials;
  • 1 Pet 4:13 : 13 But rejoice, since you are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Matt 5:10-12
    3 verses
    87%

    10Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    11Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

    12Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

  • Luke 6:20-22
    3 verses
    81%

    20And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed are you poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

    21Blessed are you that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now: for you shall laugh.

    22Blessed are you, when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude you, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake.

  • Luke 6:24-28
    5 verses
    77%

    24But woe to you that are rich! for you have received your consolation.

    25Woe to you that are full! for you shall hunger. Woe to you that laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep.

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

    27But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

    28Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.

  • Luke 6:35-36
    2 verses
    73%

    35But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil.

    36Be therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

  • Matt 6:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1Be careful not to do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them; otherwise, you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.

    2Therefore, when you do your charitable deeds, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.

  • Luke 14:14
    72%

    14And you shall be blessed; for they cannot repay you: for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.

  • 1 Pet 4:13
    72%

    13But rejoice, since you are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.

  • Rev 18:20
    72%

    20Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her.

  • John 16:20
    72%

    20Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice: and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

  • Matt 5:44-46
    3 verses
    71%

    44But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you;

    45That you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.

    46For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

  • Matt 6:16
    71%

    16Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance, for they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to fast. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.

  • Luke 10:20
    71%

    20Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.

  • Matt 10:41
    71%

    41He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

  • Luke 13:28
    71%

    28There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

  • Rom 12:14-15
    2 verses
    70%

    14Bless those who persecute you; bless, and do not curse.

    15Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

  • Luke 6:31-33
    3 verses
    70%

    31And as you would that men should do to you, do also to them likewise.

    32For if you love those who love you, what thanks do you have? for sinners also love those who love them.

    33And if you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks do you have? for sinners also do the same.

  • Matt 10:23
    70%

    23But when they persecute you in this city, flee to another: for truly I say to you, You shall not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

  • Matt 6:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4that your charitable deeds may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

    5And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.

  • Luke 18:30
    70%

    30Who shall not receive many times more in this present time, and in the world to come everlasting life.

  • Matt 13:16
    70%

    16But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

  • 1 Pet 3:14
    69%

    14But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. Do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled;

  • Luke 11:47
    69%

    47Woe to you! for you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

  • Matt 5:3
    69%

    3Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

  • Prov 23:25
    69%

    25Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she who bore you shall rejoice.

  • Matt 23:31-32
    2 verses
    69%

    31Therefore you are witnesses against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

    32Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' guilt.

  • 1 Pet 1:6
    69%

    6In which you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials:

  • Mark 13:9
    69%

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

  • John 16:22
    69%

    22And now you have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

  • Mark 10:30
    69%

    30Who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come, eternal life.

  • Matt 13:43
    69%

    43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear.

  • 2 Thess 1:6
    69%

    6Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you;

  • Luke 12:32
    69%

    32Do not fear, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

  • Isa 66:5
    69%

    5Hear the word of the LORD, you 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.