If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of t
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life tha
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties
But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.
Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be
how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
When the sons of the prophets who were watching him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, “The spirit of Elijah
Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good
“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.
on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who h
They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome fr
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was sayi
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.
He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that
Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.
And they glorified God because of me.
The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am
How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
that he should live on forever and not see decay.
Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the
Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, a