Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life tha
Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of t
if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salva
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to yo
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
But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogue
Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecu
my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet
That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affli
Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and field
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger
For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death.
Looking up at His disciples, Jesus said: “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel befo
And Saul was there, giving approval to Stephen’s death. On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in
At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak
Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own d