Bible Cross References
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Matthew 10:23
But whenever they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly I say to you, by no means will you have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Psalm 37:12
The sinner will watch for the righteous, and gnash his teeth upon him.
Mark 10:30
who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time--houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions--and in the age to come, eternal life.
Luke 6:22
Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude you, and shall revile you, and cast out your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
Luke 21:12
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and they will persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers on account of My name.
John 15:20
Remember the word which I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
Acts 5:40
And they were persuaded by him, and when they called the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
Acts 8:1
Now Saul was agreeing with them in his murder. And in that day there arose a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they all were scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Romans 8:35-39
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
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Just as it is written: "For Your sake we are put to death the whole day long; we are accounted as sheep for slaughter."
37
But in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
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For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
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nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 4:9-13
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For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men appointed to death; for we became a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
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 despised!
11
Even unto this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are naked, and beaten, and homeless.
12
And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;
13
being defamed, we encourage; we have become as the sweepings of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.
2 Corinthians 4:8-12
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in everything being oppressed, yet not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
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persecuted, but not abandoned; cast down, but not destroyed;
10
always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, so that also the life of Jesus may be revealed in our body.
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For we who are living are always handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifest in our body.
12
So then death is working in us, but life in you.
2 Corinthians 4:17-12
Philippians 1:28
and not being terrified in anything by your enemies, which is to them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and this from God.
2 Timothy 2:12
If we endure, we shall also reign with [Him]. If we deny [Him], He also will deny us.
2 Timothy 3:11
persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch, in Iconium, at Lystra--what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me.
James 1:2-5
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Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various trials,
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knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
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But let endurance have its perfect work, that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.
5
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it shall be given to him.
1 Peter 3:13
And who is he that shall injure you if you become imitators of that which is good?
1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer on account of righteousness, [you are] blessed. "But do not fear their threats, nor be troubled."
1 Peter 4:12-16
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Beloved, do not be surprised by the fiery trial among you, taking place to test you, as though some strange thing [was] happening to you;
13
but inasmuch as you partake in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, in order that also at the unveiling of His glory, you may rejoice with great happiness.
14
If you are reviled in the name of Christ, blessed are you, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On the one hand He is blasphemed, but on the other He is glorified.
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For let not anyone of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's affairs;
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but if anyone [suffers] as a Christian, let him not be put to shame, but let him glorify God in this matter.
1 John 3:12
not as Cain who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his works were evil and the [works] of his brother were righteous.
Revelation 2:10
Fear none of those things which you are about to suffer. Behold indeed, the devil is about to cast [some] of you into prison, so that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
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Matthew 5:3
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
2 Thessalonians 1:4-7
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so that we ourselves are boasting in you among the churches of God about your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure,
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[which is] evidence of the righteous judgment of God, so that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, on behalf of which you also suffer;
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since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
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and to give you who are being afflicted rest along with us at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with His mighty angels,
James 1:12
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; because when he is approved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord promised to those who love Him.