Psalms 44:22 Cross References

Psalms 44:22

22: For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.

(Even the Scriptures say, "For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep." )

He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.

The people of the world will hate you because you belong to me, for they don't know God who sent me.

Elijah replied, "I have zealously served the LORD God Almighty. But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with you, torn down your altars, and killed every one of your prophets. I alone am left, and now they are trying to kill me, too."

For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing God a service.
This is because they have never known the Father or me.

I could see that she was drunk--drunk with the blood of God's holy people who were witnesses for Jesus. I stared at her completely amazed.

And he ordered his bodyguards, "Kill these priests of the LORD, for they are allies and conspirators with David! They knew he was running away from me, but they didn't tell me!" But Saul's men refused to kill the LORD's priests.
Then the king said to Doeg, "You do it." So Doeg turned on them and killed them, eighty-five priests in all, all still wearing their priestly tunics.
Then he went to Nob, the city of the priests, and killed the priests' families--men and women, children and babies, and all the cattle, donkeys, and sheep.

God blesses those who are persecuted because they live for God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
"God blesses you when you are mocked and persecuted and lied about because you are my followers.
Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted, too.

And why should we ourselves be continually risking our lives, facing death hour by hour?
For I swear, dear brothers and sisters, I face death daily. This is as certain as my pride in what the Lord Jesus Christ has done in you.

But sometimes I think God has put us apostles on display, like prisoners of war at the end of a victor's parade, condemned to die. We have become a spectacle to the entire world--to people and angels alike.

You have treated us like sheep waiting to be slaughtered; you have scattered us among the nations.

And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will be clothed in sackcloth and will prophesy during those 1,260 days."
These two prophets are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of all the earth.
If anyone tries to harm them, fire flashes from the mouths of the prophets and consumes their enemies. This is how anyone who tries to harm them must die.
They have power to shut the skies so that no rain will fall for as long as they prophesy. And they have the power to turn the rivers and oceans into blood, and to send every kind of plague upon the earth as often as they wish.
When they complete their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the bottomless pit will declare war against them. He will conquer them and kill them.

They have left the bodies of your servants as food for the birds of heaven. The flesh of your godly ones has become food for the wild animals.
Blood has flowed like water all around Jerusalem; no one is left to bury the dead.

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