All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that any man or woman who goes into the inner court to the king, who has not been summoned, has but one law: to put all to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter, that he may live. Furthermore, I have not been called to go in to the king these thirty days.

And Mordecai told them to answer Esther: Do not think in your soul that you will escape in the king's house any more than all the other Jews.

Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai:

And there was also a man who prophesied in the name of Jehovah, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath Jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah.

And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt; Elnathan the son of Achbor, and men with him into Egypt.

But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life on account of Me will find it.

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

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of Me will save it.

Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it unto eternal life.

If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, My Father will honor him.

But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

Then Paul answered, What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

This is a faithful saying: For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him.

If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself.

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.

Hereafter, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all the ones loving His appearing.

Women received their dead raised to life again. And others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.

Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have affliction ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

And I said to him, Sir, you know. So he said to me, These are the ones coming out of great affliction, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

And they overcame him through the blood of the Lamb and through the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives unto death.

Blessed are they who have been persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.

Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in Heaven, for in this manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

And you will be hated by everyone on account of My name. But he who endures to the end will be kept safe.

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

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man.

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. For behold, your reward is great in Heaven, for in the same way their fathers did to the prophets.

Remember the Word that 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.

But all these things they will do to you on account of My name, because they do not know Him who sent Me.

For I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name.

Now this I do through the gospel, that I may become a fellow partaker of it.

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.

Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but partake in the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God,

Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which is to try you, as though something unheard of was happening to you;

If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. According to them He is blasphemed, but according to you He is glorified.

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