Matthew 5:11

New King James Version

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

Cross References

Psalm 35:11

Fierce witnesses rise up; They ask me things that I do not know.

Psalm 44:22

Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

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.

Isaiah 66:5

Hear the word of the Lord, You who tremble at His word: “Your brethren who hated you, Who cast you out for My name’s sake, said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified, That we may see your joy.’ But they shall be ashamed.”

Jeremiah 37:14

Then Jeremiah said, “False! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans.” But he did not listen to him. So Irijah seized Jeremiah and brought him to the princes.

Matthew 10:18

You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

Matthew 10:22

And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 10:25

It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!

Matthew 10:39

He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.

Matthew 27:39

And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads

Mark 13:13

And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

Mark 13:9

“But watch out for yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and you will be beaten in the synagogues. You will be brought before rulers and kings for My sake, for a testimony to them.

Mark 4:17

and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word’s sake, immediately they stumble.

Mark 8:35

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

Luke 21:12

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers for My name’s sake.

Luke 21:17

And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake.

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.

Luke 9:24

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.

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 9:28

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

Acts 9:16

For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name’s sake.”

Romans 8:36

As it is written: “For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!

2 Corinthians 4:11

For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

Philippians 1:29

For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

1 Peter 2:23

who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;

1 Peter 4:14

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.

Revelation 2:3

and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have not become weary.