He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed
That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties
and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealt
Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable r
For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His gl
But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I foun
The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man
The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you
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
Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from yo
Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so
trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the suffer
I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to