1 Peter 4:14

New King James Version

If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified.

Cross References

1 Kings 10:8

Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

2 Kings 2:15

Now when the sons of the prophets who were from Jericho saw him, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet him, and bowed to the ground before him.

Psalm 146:5

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

Psalm 49:9

That he should continue to live eternally, And not see the Pit.

Psalm 89:51

With which Your enemies have reproached, O Lord, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed.

Isaiah 11:2

The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

Isaiah 25:8

He will swallow up death forever, And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 51:7

“Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, You people in whose heart is My law: Do not fear the reproach of men, Nor be afraid of their insults.

Matthew 5:11

“Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.

Matthew 5:16

Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man’s sake.

John 15:21

But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.

John 8:48

Then the Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?”

John 9:28

Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples.

John 9:34

They answered and said to him, “You were completely born in sins, and are you teaching us?” And they cast him out.

Acts 13:45

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy; and contradicting and blaspheming, they opposed the things spoken by Paul.

Acts 18:6

But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook his garments and said to them, “Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

Acts 28:22

But we desire to hear from you what you think; for concerning this sect, we know that it is spoken against everywhere.”

Acts 5:41

So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name.

2 Corinthians 12:10

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 4:10

always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.

2 Corinthians 4:16

Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.

Galatians 1:24

And they glorified God in me.

Hebrews 11:26

esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

James 5:11

Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the perseverance of Job and seen the end intended by the Lord—that the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

1 Peter 2:12

having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

1 Peter 3:14

But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.”

1 Peter 3:16

having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.

1 Peter 4:16

Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.

2 Peter 2:2

And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.