Matthew 5:12

Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.

Cross References (46)

  • Luke 6:23 (46)

    Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in

  • James 1:2 (34)

    Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,

  • Colossians 3:24 (33)

    because you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as your reward. It is the Lord Christ you are servin

  • 1 Peter 4:13 (29)

    But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.

  • Colossians 1:24 (22)

    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

  • Romans 5:3 (18)

    Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

  • Ruth 2:12 (18)

    May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you

  • Psalms 58:11 (15)

    Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”

  • Proverbs 11:18 (14)

    The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.

  • Isaiah 3:10 (14)

    Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:16 (13)

    But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD aga

  • Matthew 16:27 (12)

    For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he

  • Hebrews 11:6 (10)

    And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:15 (9)

    who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile

  • 1 Kings 18:13 (8)

    Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of

  • Philippians 2:17 (8)

    But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoic

  • 2 Corinthians 4:17 (8)

    For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

  • Luke 6:35 (8)

    But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, a

  • Matthew 6:16 (8)

    When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly

  • 1 Kings 22:26–27 (7)

    And the king of Israel declared, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king’s s

  • Acts 5:41 (7)

    The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

  • 1 Corinthians 3:8 (6)

    He who plants and he who waters are one in purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.

  • Genesis 15:1 (6)

    After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your ver

  • Acts 7:51–52 (6)

    You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

  • Nehemiah 9:26 (5)

    But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, w

  • Matthew 21:34–38 (4)

    When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

  • Luke 13:34 (3)

    O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your chil

  • Psalms 19:11 (3)

    By them indeed Your servant is warned; in keeping them is great reward.

  • Acts 16:25 (3)

    About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

  • 1 Kings 19:10–14 (3)

    “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant,

  • Matthew 23:31–37 (3)

    So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

  • Matthew 6:1–2 (3)

    “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

  • 2 Chronicles 16:10 (3)

    Asa was angry with the seer and became so enraged over this matter that he put the man in prison. And at the same time A

  • Matthew 10:41–42 (3)

    Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man

  • Luke 11:47–51 (3)

    Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

  • 1 Kings 21:20 (3)

    When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because y

  • Jeremiah 26:21–23 (3)

    King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when U

  • Jeremiah 26:8 (3)

    and as soon as he had finished telling all the people everything the LORD had commanded him to say, the priests and prop

  • 1 Kings 18:4 (3)

    for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty m

  • Jeremiah 2:30 (3)

    “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voraciou

  • 1 Kings 22:8 (2)

    The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he

  • Matthew 6:4–5 (2)

    so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

  • Hebrews 11:26 (1)

    He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

  • 2 Kings 1:9 (1)

    Then King Ahaziah sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. So the captain went up to Elijah, who was sitt

  • 2 Chronicles 24:20–22 (1)

    Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them,

  • 1 Kings 19:2 (0)

    So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorro