2Ch 36:16, Neh 9:26, Mat 23:34, 37, Luk 6:23, Act 5:41, 7:52, Rom 5:3, 1Th 2:15, Jam 1:2, 1Pe 4:13 | ISV

2 Chronicles 36:16

Nehemiah 9:26

Matthew 23:34

34 “That is why I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will whip in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.Matt 10:17; 21:34-35; Luke 11:49; Acts 5:40; 7:58-59; 22:19; 2Cor 11:24-25

Matthew 23:37

37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones to death those who have been sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you didn't want to!Deut 32:11-12; 2Chr 24:21; Ps 17:8; 91:4; Luke 13:34

Luke 6:23

23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for your reward in heaven is great! For that's the way their ancestors used to treat the prophets.Matt 5:12; Acts 5:41; 7:51; Col 1:24; James 1:2

Acts 5:41

41 They left the Council, ^{▼▼Or Sanhedrin} rejoicing to have been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the Name.Matt 5:12; Rom 5:3; 2Cor 12:10; Phil 1:29; Heb 10:34; James 1:2; 1Pet 4:13, 16

Acts 7:52

52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors fail to persecute? They killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers.2Chr 36:16; Matt 21:35; Acts 3:14; 1Thes 2:15

Romans 5:3

3 Not only that, but we also boast ^{▼▼Or let us also boast} in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,Matt 5:11-12; Acts 5:41; 2Cor 12:10; Phil 2:17; James 1:2-3, 12; 1Pet 3:14

1 Thessalonians 2:15

15 who killed the Lord Jesus and the ^{▼▼Other mss. read their own} prophets and have persecuted us. They are displeasing to God and are the enemies of all people,Esth 3:8; Matt 5:12; Luke 13:33-34; Acts 2:23; 3:15; 5:30; 7:52

James 1:2

2 Turn to God when TestedConsider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials,Matt 5:12; Acts 5:41; Heb 10:34; 1Pet 1:6

1 Peter 4:13

13 Instead, because you are participating in the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that you may be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.Acts 5:41; Rom 8:17; 2Cor 1:7; 4:10; Phil 3:10; Col 1:24; 2Tim 2:12; James 1:1-13; 1Pet 1:5-6; Rev 1:9