Matthew 5:12

12Rejoice and be extremely glad, because your reward in heaven is great! For that's how they persecuted the prophets who came before you.”2Chr 36:16; Neh 9:26; Matt 23:34, 37; Luke 6:23; Acts 5:41; 7:52; Rom 5:3; 1Thes 2:15; James 1:2; 1Pet 4:13

Salt and Light in the World Mark 9:50; Luke 14:34-35

Acts 5:41

41They 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

Hebrews 10:34

34For you sympathized
Or suffered
with the prisoners and cheerfully submitted to the violent seizure of your property, because you know that you have a better and more permanent possession.Matt 5:12; 6:20; 19:21; Luke 12:33; Acts 5:41; Phil 1:7; 1Tim 6:19; 2Tim 1:16; James 1:2

1 Peter 1:6

6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you have to suffer various kinds of trials,Matt 5:12; Rom 12:12; 2Cor 4:17; 6:10; James 1:2; 1Pet 4:13; 5:10
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