Bible Cross References
when men
Matthew 5:10-12
10
"Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!
11
"Happy are you when people insult you and persecute you and tell all kinds of evil lies against you because you are my followers.
12
Be happy and glad, for a great reward is kept for you in heaven. This is how the prophets who lived before you were persecuted.
Matthew 10:22
Everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.
Mark 13:9-13
9
"You yourselves must watch out. You will be arrested and taken to court. You will be beaten in the synagogues; you will stand before rulers and kings for my sake to tell them the Good News.
10
But before the end comes, the gospel must be preached to all peoples.
11
And when you are arrested and taken to court, do not worry ahead of time about what you are going to say; when the time comes, say whatever is then given to you. For the words you speak will not be yours; they will come from the Holy Spirit.
12
Men will hand over their own brothers to be put to death, and fathers will do the same to their children. Children will turn against their parents and have them put to death.
13
Everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I keep telling it that its ways are bad.
John 15:18-20
18
"If the world hates you, just remember that it has hated me first.
19
If you belonged to the world, then the world would love you as its own. But I chose you from this world, and you do not belong to it; that is why the world hates you.
20
Remember what I told you: 'Slaves are not greater than their master.' If people persecuted me, they will persecute you too; if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too.
John 17:14
I gave them your message, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
2 Corinthians 11:23-26
23
Are they Christ's servants? I sound like a madman---but I am a better servant than they are! I have worked much harder, I have been in prison more times, I have been whipped much more, and I have been near death more often.
24
Five times I was given the thirty-nine lashes by the Jews;
25
three times I was whipped by the Romans; and once I was stoned. I have been in three shipwrecks, and once I spent twenty-four hours in the water.
26
In my many travels I have been in danger from floods and from robbers, in danger from my own people and from Gentiles; there have been dangers in the cities, dangers in the wilds, dangers on the high seas, and dangers from false friends.
Philippians 1:28-30
28
Don't be afraid of your enemies; always be courageous, and this will prove to them that they will lose and that you will win, because it is God who gives you the victory.
29
For you have been given the privilege of serving Christ, not only by believing in him, but also by suffering for him.
30
Now you can take part with me in the battle. It is the same battle you saw me fighting in the past, and as you hear, the one I am fighting still.
1 Thessalonians 2:14
Our friends, the same things happened to you that happened to the churches of God in Judea, to the people there who belong to Christ Jesus. You suffered the same persecutions from your own people that they suffered from the Jews,
1 Thessalonians 2:15
who killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and persecuted us. How displeasing they are to God! How hostile they are to everyone!
2 Timothy 3:11
my persecutions, and my sufferings. You know all that happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, the terrible persecutions I endured! But the Lord rescued me from them all.
2 Timothy 3:12
Everyone who wants to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted;
1 Peter 2:19
God will bless you for this, if you endure the pain of undeserved suffering because you are conscious of his will.
1 Peter 2:20
For what credit is there if you endure the beatings you deserve for having done wrong? But if you endure suffering even when you have done right, God will bless you for it.
1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer for doing what is right, how happy you are! Do not be afraid of anyone, and do not worry.
1 Peter 4:12-16
12
My dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful test you are suffering, as though something unusual were happening to you.
13
Rather be glad that you are sharing Christ's sufferings, so that you may be full of joy when his glory is revealed.
14
Happy are you if you are insulted because you are Christ's followers; this means that the glorious Spirit, the Spirit of God, is resting on you.
15
If you suffer, it must not be because you are a murderer or a thief or a criminal or a meddler in other people's affairs.
16
However, if you suffer because you are a Christian, don't be ashamed of it, but thank God that you bear Christ's name.
separate
Luke 20:15
So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. "What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to the tenants?" Jesus asked.
Isaiah 65:5
And then they say to others, 'Keep away from us; we are too holy for you to touch!' I cannot stand people like that---my anger against them is like a fire that never goes out.
Isaiah 66:5
Listen to what the LORD says, you that fear him and obey him: "Because you are faithful to me, some of your own people hate you and will have nothing to do with you. They mock you and say, 'Let the LORD show his greatness and save you, so that we may see you rejoice.' But they themselves will be disgraced!
John 9:22-28
22
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish authorities, who had already agreed that anyone who said he believed that Jesus was the Messiah would be expelled from the synagogue.
23
That is why his parents said, "He is old enough; ask him!"
24
A second time they called back the man who had been born blind, and said to him, "Promise before God that you will tell the truth! We know that this man who cured you is a sinner."
25
"I do not know if he is a sinner or not," the man replied. "One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I see."
26
"What did he do to you?" they asked. "How did he cure you of your blindness?"
27
"I have already told you," he answered, "and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Maybe you, too, would like to be his disciples?"
28
They insulted him and said, "You are that fellow's disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
John 9:34-28
John 12:42
Even then, many Jewish authorities believed in Jesus; but because of the Pharisees they did not talk about it openly, so as not to be expelled from the synagogue.
John 16:2
You will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time will come when those who kill you will think that by doing this they are serving God.
Acts 22:22
The people listened to Paul until he said this; but then they started shouting at the top of their voices, "Away with him! Kill him! He's not fit to live!"
Acts 24:5
We found this man to be a dangerous nuisance; he starts riots among Jews all over the world and is a leader of the party of the Nazarenes.
for
Luke 21:17
Everyone will hate you because of me.
Matthew 10:18
For my sake you will be brought to trial before rulers and kings, to tell the Good News to them and to the Gentiles.
Matthew 10:22
Everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.
Matthew 10:39
Those who try to gain their own life will lose it; but those who lose their life for my sake will gain it.
Acts 9:16
And I myself will show him all that he must suffer for my sake."
1 Corinthians 4:10
For Christ's sake we are fools; but you are wise in union with Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! We are despised, but you are honored!
1 Corinthians 4:11
To this very moment we go hungry and thirsty; we are clothed in rags; we are beaten; we wander from place to place;