Matthew 5:11

Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

Cross References (28)

  • 1 Peter 4:14 (86)

    If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

  • Luke 21:17 (57)

    And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.

  • Mark 13:13 (52)

    You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

  • Matthew 24:9 (42)

    Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

  • Luke 6:22 (38)

    Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of t

  • 1 Peter 2:23 (34)

    When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him

  • John 15:21 (32)

    But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me.

  • Isaiah 66:5 (29)

    You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name h

  • Matthew 10:22 (28)

    You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

  • Matthew 10:39 (24)

    Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

  • Revelation 2:3 (22)

    Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.

  • Matthew 19:29 (21)

    And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake o

  • 1 Corinthians 4:10 (21)

    We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishon

  • Romans 8:36 (20)

    As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

  • Mark 8:35 (20)

    For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:11 (20)

    For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in ou

  • Luke 21:12 (20)

    But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogue

  • Luke 9:24 (20)

    For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.

  • Matthew 10:25 (19)

    It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been cal

  • Acts 9:16 (18)

    I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”

  • Psalms 44:22 (18)

    Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

  • Matthew 27:39 (17)

    And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads

  • Mark 13:9 (16)

    So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will sta

  • Mark 4:17 (15)

    But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the wo

  • Matthew 10:18 (15)

    On My account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

  • John 9:28 (14)

    Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.

  • Psalms 35:11 (14)

    Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

  • Luke 7:33–34 (13)

    For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’