Matthew 5:11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.

Cross References

Psalm 35:11

Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me about things I do not know.

Psalm 44:22

Because of you we are being killed all day long and accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

Isaiah 25:8

he will swallow up death forever. Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the disgrace 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 who have my teaching in your hearts; do not fear the reproach of others, and do not be dismayed when they revile you.

Isaiah 66:5

Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at his word: Your own people who hate you and reject you for my name’s sake have said, “Let the Lord be glorified, so that we may see your joy,” but it is they who shall be put to shame.

Jeremiah 37:14

And Jeremiah said, “That is a lie; I am not deserting to the Chaldeans.” But Irijah would not listen to him and arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.

Matthew 10:18

and you will be dragged before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and the gentiles.

Matthew 10:22

and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 10:25

it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household!

Matthew 10:39

Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their 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 fields for my name’s sake will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will hand you over to be tortured and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.

Matthew 27:39

Those who passed by derided him, shaking their heads

Mark 13:13

and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Mark 13:9

“As for yourselves, beware, for they will hand you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them.

Mark 4:17

But they have no root and endure only for a while; then, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.

Mark 8:35

For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.

Luke 21:12

“But before all this occurs, they will arrest you and persecute you; they will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

Luke 21:17

You will be hated by all because of my name.

Luke 6:22

“Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man.

Luke 9:24

For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it.

John 15:21

But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.

John 9:28

Then they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.

Acts 9:16

I myself will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

Romans 8:36

As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.”

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for the sake of Christ, but you are sensible people in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.

2 Corinthians 4:11

For we who are living are always being handed over to death for Jesus’s sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal flesh.

Philippians 1:29

For he has graciously granted you the privilege not only of believing in Christ but of suffering for him as well,

1 Peter 2:23

When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.

1 Peter 4:14

If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory, which is the Spirit of God, is resting on you.

Revelation 2:3

I also know that you are enduring and bearing up for the sake of my name and that you have not grown weary.