• Matthew 5:10-12
  Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
   
• 2 Timothy 3:10-12
  But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance, persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra—what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me. Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
   
• Philippians 1:28-29
  and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God. For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
   
• Isaiah 53:7
  He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
  Yet He opened not His mouth;
  He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
  And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
  So He opened not His mouth.
  
   
• 1 Peter 2:20-23
  For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:
  "Who committed no sin,
  Nor was deceit found in His mouth"; 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 3:13-14
  And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good? 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 4:14
  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.
   
• 1 Peter 4:16
  Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.
   
• Philippians 3:10
  that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death,
   
• Hebrews 5:7
  who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear,
   
• 1 Peter 2:4
  Coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God and precious,
   

Related Scriptures

• 1 Peter 4:12-13
  Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.
   
• 1 Peter 1:6-7
  In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,