Matthew 5:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² Rejoice and be glad, because your reward in the heavens is great. For in this way they 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 Cross References

Genesis 15:1

After these events the word of יהוה came to Aḇram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Aḇram. I am your shield, your reward is exceedingly great.”

1 Kings 18:13

“Was it not reported to my master what I did when Izeḇel killed the prophets of יהוה, how I hid one hundred men of the prophets of יהוה, fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

1 Kings 18:4

And it came to be, while Izeḇel cut down the prophets of יהוה, that Oḇaḏyahu had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and had fed them with bread and water.

1 Kings 19:2

Izeḇel sent a messenger to Ěliyahu, saying, “So let the mighty ones do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.”

1 Kings 21:20

And Aḥaḇ said to Ěliyahu, “Have you found me, O my enemy?” And he answered, “I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of יהוה:

1 Kings 22:8

And the sovereign of Yisra’ĕl said to Yehoshaphat, “There is still one man, Miḵayehu son of Yimlah, to inquire of יהוה by him. But I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil.” And Yehoshaphat said, “Let not the sovereign say so!”

2 Kings 1:9

He then sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men. And he went up to him, and see, he was sitting on the top of a hill. And he spoke to him, “Man of Elohim, the sovereign has said, ‘Come down!’ ”

2 Chronicles 16:10

And Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in prison, for he was enraged at him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they were mocking the messengers of Elohim and despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of יהוה arose against His people, until there was no healing.

Nehemiah 9:26

“But they became disobedient and rebelled against You, and cast Your Torah behind their backs. And they kill Your prophets who had warned them, to bring them back to Yourself. And they worked great blasphemies.

Psalm 19:11

Also, Your servant is warned by them, In guarding them there is great reward.

Psalm 58:11

And man says, “Truly, the righteous are rewarded; Truly, there is an Elohim judging in the earth.”

Proverbs 11:18

The wrong one earns false wages, But the one sowing righteousness, a true reward.

Isaiah 3:10

“Say to the righteous it is well, for they eat the fruit of their doings.

Jeremiah 2:30

“In vain have I stricken your children – they received no instruction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a destroying lion.

Jeremiah 26:8

And it came to be, when Yirmeyahu had ended speaking all that יהוה had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, “You shall certainly die!

Jeremiah 37:14

But Yirmeyahu said, “It is a lie! I am not deserting to the Kasdim.” But he did not listen to him, and Yiriyah seized Yirmeyahu and brought him to the heads.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Aḏam is going to come in the esteem of His Father with His messengers, and then He shall reward each according to his works.

Matthew 6:16

“And when you fast, do not be sad-faced like the hypocrites. For they disfigure their faces so that they appear to be fasting to men. Truly, I say to you, they have their reward.

Luke 13:34

Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, killing the prophets and stoning those who are sent to her! How often I wished to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you would not!”

Luke 6:23

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

Luke 6:35

Rather, love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting none in return. And your reward shall be great, and you shall be sons of the Most High. Because He is kind to the thankless and wicked ones.

Acts 16:25

And at midnight Sha’ul and Silas were praying and singing songs to Elohim, and the prisoners were listening to them.

Acts 5:41

Then indeed they went rejoicing from the presence of the council, because they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His Name.

Romans 5:3

And not only this, but we also exult in pressures, knowing that pressure works endurance;

1 Corinthians 3:8

And he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

2 Corinthians 4:17

For this slight momentary pressure is working for us a far more exceeding and everlasting weight of esteem.

Philippians 1:29

Because to you it has been given as a favour, on behalf of Messiah, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

Philippians 2:17

In fact, even if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the offering and service of your belief, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

Colossians 1:24

who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in Messiah’s afflictions, for the sake of His Body, which is the assembly,

Colossians 3:24

knowing that from the Master you shall receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Master, Messiah, you serve.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

who killed both the Master יהושע and their own prophets, and have persecuted us, and who displease Elohim and are hostile to all men,

Hebrews 10:34

for you sympathised with me in my chains, and you accepted with joy the seizure of your possessions, knowing that you have a better and a lasting possession for yourselves in the heavens.

Hebrews 11:26

deeming the reproach of Messiah greater riches than the treasures in Mitsrayim, for he was looking to the reward.

Hebrews 11:33

who through belief, overcame reigns, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

Hebrews 11:6

But without belief it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to Elohim has to believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who earnestly seek Him.

James 1:2

My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,

James 5:10

My brothers, as an example of suffering and patience, take the prophets, who spoke in the Name of יהוה.

1 Peter 4:13

but as you share Messiah’s sufferings, rejoice, in order that you might rejoice exultingly at the revelation of His esteem.

Ruth 2:12

“יהוה repay your work, and your reward is complete from יהוה Elohim of Yisra’ĕl, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge.”