Matthew 5:12 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹² Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Be glad and supremely joyful, for your reward in heaven is great (strong and intense), for in this same way people persecuted the prophets who were before you. [II Chron. 36:16.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.

Common English Bible

¹² Be full of joy and be glad, because you have a great reward in heaven. In the same way, people harassed the prophets who came before you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² be glad and exult, for your reward in heaven is plentiful. For so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² Be glad and rejoice, for your reward is very great in heaven. For so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.

Matthew 5:12 Krydshenvisninger

Genesis 15:1

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”

1 Kings 18:13

Has it not been told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred men of the Lord's prophets by fifties in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

1 Kings 18:4

and when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

1 Kings 19:2

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.”

1 Kings 21:20

Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” He answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the Lord.

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the Lord, Micaiah the son of Imlah; but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me, but evil.” And Jehoshaphat said, “Let not the king say so.”

2 Kings 1:9

Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty men with his fifty. He went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, “O man of God, the king says, ‘Come down.’ ”

2 Chronicles 16:10

Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in the stocks, in prison, for he was in a rage with him because of this. And Asa inflicted cruelties upon some of the people at the same time.

2 Chronicles 36:16

but they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, till the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, till there was no remedy.

Nehemiah 9:26

“Nevertheless they were disobedient and rebelled against thee and cast thy law behind their back and killed thy prophets, who had warned them in order to turn them back to thee, and they committed great blasphemies.

Psalm 19:11

Moreover by them is thy servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.

Psalm 58:11

Men will say, “Surely there is a reward for the righteous; surely there is a God who judges on earth.”

Proverbs 11:18

A wicked man earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

Isaiah 3:10

Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Jeremiah 2:30

In vain have I smitten your children, they took no correction; your own sword devoured your prophets like a ravening lion.

Jeremiah 26:8

And when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, saying, “You shall die!

Jeremiah 37:14

And Jeremiah said, “It is false; I am not deserting to the Chaldeans.” But Irijah would not listen to him, and seized Jeremiah and brought him to the princes.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay every man for what he has done.

Matthew 6:16

“And when you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by men. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.

Luke 13:34

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not!

Luke 6:23

Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.

Luke 6:35

But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the selfish.

Acts 16:25

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,

Acts 5:41

Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.

Romans 5:3

More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

1 Corinthians 3:8

He who plants and he who waters are equal, and each shall receive his wages according to his labor.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,

Philippians 1:29

For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,

Philippians 2:17

Even if I am to be poured as a libation upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

Colossians 3:24

knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward; you are serving the Lord Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and oppose all men

Hebrews 10:34

For you had compassion on the prisoners, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.

Hebrews 11:26

He considered abuse suffered for the Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he looked to the reward.

Hebrews 11:33

who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, received promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

James 1:2

Count it all joy, my brethren, when you meet various trials,

James 5:10

As an example of suffering and patience, brethren, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

1 Peter 4:13

But rejoice in so far as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.

Ruth 2:12

The Lord recompense you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”