Matthew 5:12 Cross References

Matthew 5:12

12: Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted, too.

Luke 6:23

  1. "When that happens, rejoice! Yes, leap for joy! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were also treated that way by your ancestors.

James 1:2

  1. Dear brothers and sisters, whenever trouble comes your way, let it be an opportunity for joy.

1 Peter 4:13

  1. Instead, be very glad--because these trials will make you partners with Christ in his suffering, and afterward you will have the wonderful joy of sharing his glory when it is displayed to all the world.

Colossians 3:24

  1. Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and the Master you are serving is Christ.

Romans 5:3

  1. We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they are good for us--they help us learn to endure.

Colossians 1:24

  1. I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am completing what remains of Christ's sufferings for his body, the church.

2 Chronicles 36:16

  1. But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words. They scoffed at the prophets until the LORD's anger could no longer be restrained and there was no remedy.

Isaiah 3:10

  1. But all will be well for those who are godly. Tell them, "You will receive a wonderful reward!"

Psalms 58:11

  1. Then at last everyone will say, "There truly is a reward for those who live for God; surely there is a God who judges justly here on earth."

Ruth 2:12

  1. May the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge, reward you fully."

Matthew 6:16

  1. "And when you fast, don't make it obvious, as the hypocrites do, who try to look pale and disheveled so people will admire them for their fasting. I assure you, that is the only reward they will ever get.

1 Corinthians 3:8

  1. The one who plants and the one who waters work as a team with the same purpose. Yet they will be rewarded individually, according to their own hard work.

1 Thessalonians 2:15

  1. For some of the Jews had killed their own prophets, and some even killed the Lord Jesus. Now they have persecuted us and driven us out. They displease God and oppose everyone

Proverbs 11:18

  1. Evil people get rich for the moment, but the reward of the godly will last.

Philippians 2:17

  1. But even if my life is to be poured out like a drink offering to complete the sacrifice of your faithful service (that is, if I am to die for you), I will rejoice, and I want to share my joy with all of you.

1 Kings 18:13

  1. Has no one told you, my lord, about the time when Jezebel was trying to kill the LORD's prophets? I hid a hundred of them in two caves and supplied them with food and water.

Matthew 16:27

  1. For I, the Son of Man, will come in the glory of my Father with his angels and will judge all people according to their deeds.

Acts 5:41

  1. The apostles left the high council rejoicing that God had counted them worthy to suffer dishonor for the name of Jesus.

1 Kings 22:26

  1. King Ahab of Israel then ordered, "Arrest Micaiah and take him back to Amon, the governor of the city, and to my son Joash.
  2. Give them this order from the king: `Put this man in prison, and feed him nothing but bread and water until I return safely from the battle!'"

Genesis 15:1

  1. Afterward the LORD spoke to Abram in a vision and said to him, "Do not be afraid, Abram, for I will protect you, and your reward will be great."

Hebrews 11:6

  1. So, you see, it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that there is a God and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.

Luke 6:35

  1. "Love your enemies! Do good to them! Lend to them! And don't be concerned that they might not repay. Then your reward from heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High, for he is kind to the unthankful and to those who are wicked.

Matthew 21:34

  1. At the time of the grape harvest he sent his servants to collect his share of the crop.
  2. But the farmers grabbed his servants, beat one, killed one, and stoned another.
  3. So the landowner sent a larger group of his servants to collect for him, but the results were the same.
  4. "Finally, the owner sent his son, thinking, 'Surely they will respect my son.'
  5. "But when the farmers saw his son coming, they said to one another, 'Here comes the heir to this estate. Come on, let's kill him and get the estate for ourselves!'

Acts 16:25

  1. Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening.

Acts 7:51

  1. "You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? But your ancestors did, and so do you!
  2. Name one prophet your ancestors didn't persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One--the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered.

Nehemiah 9:26

  1. "But despite all this, they were disobedient and rebelled against you. They threw away your law, they killed the prophets who encouraged them to return to you, and they committed terrible blasphemies.

Matthew 6:1

  1. "Take care! Don't do your good deeds publicly, to be admired, because then you will lose the reward from your Father in heaven.
  2. When you give a gift to someone in need, don't shout about it as the hypocrites do--blowing trumpets in the synagogues and streets to call attention to their acts of charity! I assure you, they have received all the reward they will ever get.

Hebrews 11:26

  1. He thought it was better to suffer for the sake of the Messiah than to own the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to the great reward that God would give him.

Jeremiah 26:21

  1. When King Jehoiakim and the army officers and officials heard what he was saying, the king sent someone to kill him. But Uriah heard about the plot and escaped to Egypt.
  2. Then King Jehoiakim sent Elnathan son of Acbor to Egypt along with several other men to capture Uriah.
  3. They took him prisoner and brought him back to King Jehoiakim. The king then killed Uriah with a sword and had him buried in an unmarked grave.)

Matthew 10:41

  1. If you welcome a prophet as one who speaks for God, you will receive the same reward a prophet gets. And if you welcome good and godly people because of their godliness, you will be given a reward like theirs.
  2. And if you give even a cup of cold water to one of the least of my followers, you will surely be rewarded."

2 Corinthians 4:17

  1. For our present troubles are quite small and won't last very long. Yet they produce for us an immeasurably great glory that will last forever!

Psalms 19:11

  1. They are a warning to those who hear them; there is great reward for those who obey them.

Luke 13:34

  1. "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God's messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, but you wouldn't let me.

Matthew 23:31

  1. "In saying that, you are accusing yourselves of being the descendants of those who murdered the prophets.
  2. Go ahead. Finish what they started.
  3. Snakes! Sons of vipers! How will you escape the judgment of hell?
  4. I will send you prophets and wise men and teachers of religious law. You will kill some by crucifixion and whip others in your synagogues, chasing them from city to city.
  5. As a result, you will become guilty of murdering all the godly people from righteous Abel to Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered in the Temple between the altar and the sanctuary.

Jeremiah 2:30

  1. I have punished your children, but it did them no good. They still refuse to obey. You yourselves have killed your prophets as a lion kills its prey.

Luke 11:47

  1. How terrible it will be for you! For you build tombs for the very prophets your ancestors killed long ago.
  2. Murderers! You agree with your ancestors that what they did was right. You would have done the same yourselves.
  3. This is what God in his wisdom said about you: 'I will send prophets and apostles to them, and they will kill some and persecute the others.'
  4. "And you of this generation will be held responsible for the murder of all God's prophets from the creation of the world--
  5. from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, it will surely be charged against you.

Matthew 6:4

  1. Give your gifts in secret, and your Father, who knows all secrets, will reward you.
  2. "And now about prayer. When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I assure you, that is all the reward they will ever get.

1 Kings 22:8

  1. King Ahab replied, "There is still one prophet of the LORD, but I hate him. He never prophesies anything but bad news for me! His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.You shouldn't talk like that," Jehoshaphat said. "Let's hear what he has to say."

1 Kings 21:20

  1. "So my enemy has found me!" Ahab exclaimed to Elijah. "Yes," Elijah answered, "I have come because you have sold yourself to what is evil in the LORD's sight.

1 Kings 18:4

  1. Once when Jezebel had tried to kill all the LORD's prophets, Obadiah had hidden one hundred of them in two caves. He had put fifty prophets in each cave and had supplied them with food and water.)

2 Kings 1:9

  1. Then he sent an army captain with fifty soldiers to arrest him. They found him sitting on top of a hill. The captain said to him, "Man of God, the king has commanded you to come along with us."

2 Chronicles 24:20

  1. Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, "This is what God says: Why do you disobey the LORD's commands so that you cannot prosper? You have abandoned the LORD, and now he has abandoned you!"
  2. Then the leaders plotted to kill Zechariah, and by order of King Joash himself, they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the LORD's Temple.
  3. That was how King Joash repaid Jehoiada for his love and loyalty--by killing his son. Zechariah's last words as he died were, "May the LORD see what they are doing and hold them accountable!"

Jeremiah 26:8

  1. But when Jeremiah had finished his message, saying everything the LORD had told him to say, the priests and prophets and all the people at the Temple mobbed him. "Kill him!" they shouted.

2 Chronicles 16:10

  1. Asa became so angry with Hanani for saying this that he threw him into prison. At that time, Asa also began to oppress some of his people.

1 Kings 19:10

  1. 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."
  2. "Go out and stand before me on the mountain," the LORD told him. And as Elijah stood there, the LORD passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain. It was such a terrible blast that the rocks were torn loose, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake.
  3. And after the earthquake there was a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire there was the sound of a gentle whisper.
  4. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his cloak and went out and stood at the entrance of the cave. And a voice said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"
  5. He replied again, "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."

1 Kings 19:2

  1. So Jezebel sent this message to Elijah: "May the gods also kill me if by this time tomorrow I have failed to take your life like those whom you killed."
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