Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.
The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you
The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will wr
Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I wi
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD aga
He sprang to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and leaping and praising
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and y
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right t
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden m
But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, w
As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King Dav
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.
Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness
The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the pro
if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, a
“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant,
But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.
Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for whi
He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders th
That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties
So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorro
and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return
for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty m
“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voraciou
For as soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own
And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He
“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant,
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for
In a loud voice Paul called out, “Stand up on your feet!” And the man jumped up and began to walk.
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because y
“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