how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you e
The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you may be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.
He reaches down from heaven and saves me; He rebukes those who trample me. Selah God sends forth His loving devotion and
All day long they twist my words; all their thoughts are on my demise.
But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “Only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, does this man drive out demons.”
We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
and declared, “This man said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’”
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.