Matthew 5:11

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake --

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 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;
  • Luke 21:17 : 17 and ye shall be hated by all because of my name --
  • Matt 24:9 : 9 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;
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 who being reviled -- was not reviling again, suffering -- was not threatening, and was committing himself to Him who is judging righteously,
  • Mark 13:13 : 13 and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end -- he shall be saved.
  • Matt 19:29 : 29 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;
  • Matt 10:39 : 39 `He who found his life shall lose it, and he who lost his life for my sake shall find it.
  • Luke 6:22 : 22 `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 --
  • John 15:21 : 21 but all these things will they do to you, because of my name, because they have not known Him who sent me;
  • Rev 2:3 : 3 and thou didst bear, and hast endurance, and because of my name hast toiled, and hast not been weary.
  • Matt 10:22 : 22 and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 sufficient to the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord; if the master of the house they did call Beelzeboul, how much more those of his household?
  • Matt 27:39 : 39 and those passing by were speaking evil of him, wagging their heads,
  • Mark 8:35 : 35 for whoever may will to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake and for the good news' sake, he shall save it;
  • Rom 8:36 : 36 (according as it hath been written -- `For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long, we were reckoned as sheep of slaughter,')
  • 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 we `are' fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we `are' ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'
  • John 9:28 : 28 They reviled him, therefore, and said, `Thou art his disciple, and we are Moses' disciples;
  • Mark 4:17 : 17 and have not root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.
  • Isa 66:5 : 5 Hear a word of Jehovah, Ye who are trembling unto His word, Said have your brethren who are hating you, Who are driving you out, for My name's sake: `Honoured is Jehovah, and we look on your joy,' But they are ashamed.
  • Matt 10:18 : 18 and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
  • Ps 44:22 : 22 Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
  • Mark 13:9 : 9 `And take ye heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims, and to synagogues, ye shall be beaten, and before governors and kings ye shall be set for my sake, for a testimony to them;
  • Luke 7:33-34 : 33 `For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, He hath a demon; 34 the Son of Man came eating and drinking, and ye say, Lo, a man, a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners;
  • Luke 9:24 : 24 for whoever may will to save his life, shall lose it, and whoever may lose his life for my sake, he shall save it;
  • Luke 21:12 : 12 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;
  • 2 Cor 4:11 : 11 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,
  • Ps 35:11 : 11 Violent witnesses rise up, That which I have not known they ask me.

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    3`Happy the poor in spirit -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

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  • Matt 5:12-13
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    12rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward `is' great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

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  • Luke 6:20-23
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    20And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: `Happy the poor -- because yours is the reign of God.

    21`Happy those hungering now -- because ye shall be filled. `Happy those weeping now -- because ye shall laugh.

    22`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 --

    23rejoice in that day, and leap, for lo, your reward `is' great in the heaven, for according to these things were their fathers doing to the prophets.

  • Matt 5:43-45
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    43`Ye heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and shalt hate thine enemy;

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  • Rom 12:14
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    14Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

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    26`Wo to you when all men shall speak well of you -- for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.

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    28bless those cursing you, and pray for those accusing you falsely;

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    17and ye shall be hated by all because of my name --

  • Matt 10:22-23
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    22and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

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  • 1 Pet 4:13-14
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    13but, according as ye have fellowship with the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice ye, that also in the revelation of his glory ye may rejoice -- exulting;

    14if 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;

  • Mark 13:13
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    13and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end -- he shall be saved.

  • 1 Pet 3:14
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    14but if ye also should suffer because of righteousness, happy `are ye'! and of their fear be not afraid, nor be troubled,

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    9`And take ye heed to yourselves, for they shall deliver you up to sanhedrims, and to synagogues, ye shall be beaten, and before governors and kings ye shall be set for my sake, for a testimony to them;

  • Matt 5:38-39
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    38`Ye heard that it was said: Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth;

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    9then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;

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    12and labour, working with `our' own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

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    12and 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;

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    9not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

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    17And, take ye heed of men, for they will give you up to sanhedrims, and in their synagogues they will scourge you,

    18and before governors and kings ye shall be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.

  • John 15:20-21
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    73%

    20`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;

    21but all these things will they do to you, because of my name, because they have not known Him who sent me;

  • 2 Thess 1:5-6
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    72%

    5a token of the righteous judgment of God, for your being counted worthy of the reign of God, for which also ye suffer,

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    12and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted,

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    6and happy is he who may not be stumbled in me.'

  • 1 Pet 2:19-20
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    71%

    19for this `is' gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously;

    20for what renown `is it', if sinning and being buffeted, ye do endure `it'? but if, doing good and suffering `for it', ye do endure, this `is' gracious with God,

  • Luke 14:14
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    14and happy thou shalt be, because they have not to recompense thee, for it shall be recompensed to thee in the rising again of the righteous.'

  • Luke 12:11
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    11`And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,

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    16so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who `is' in the heavens.

  • 1 Pet 3:16
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    16having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

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    6ye did condemn -- ye did murder the righteous one, he doth not resist you.