1Sa 22:17-19, 1Ki 19:10, Psa 44:11, 79:2-3, Mat 5:10-12, Joh 15:21 | ESV | STEP | And the king said to the guard who stood about him, Turn and kill the priests of the Lord , because their hand also is with David , and they knew that he fled and did not disclose it to me . But the servants of the king would not put out their hand to strike the priests of the Lord .

o[See ver. 3 above]

p Heb. 11:26; 1 Pet. 4:14

q John 15:21

r Acts 5:41; Rom. 5:3; 2 Cor. 12:10; Col. 1:11, 24; Heb. 10:34; James 1:2; 1 Pet. 4:13

sSee ch. 21:35

t ch. 16:3

u Matt. 10:22; 24:9; Rev. 2:3; [Acts 5:41; 1 Pet. 4:14, 16]

vSee Acts 3:17

1 Samuel 22:17-19

17 And the king said to ^athe guard who stood about him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, because their hand also is with David, and they knew that he fled and did not disclose it to me.” But the servants of the king would not put out their hand to strike the priests of the Lord. 18 Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn and strike the priests.” And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests, ^band he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod. 19 And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; ^cboth man and woman, child and infant, ox, donkey and sheep, he put to the sword.

1 Kings 19:10

10 He said, “I have been very ^djealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant, ^ethrown down your altars, and ^fkilled your prophets with the sword, ^gand I, even I only, am left, and they seek my life, to take it away.”

Psalms 44:11

11 You have made us like ^hsheep for slaughter
and have ⁱscattered us among the nations.

Psalms 79:2-3

2 They have given ^jthe bodies of your servants
to the birds of the heavens for food,
the flesh of your ^kfaithful to ^lthe beasts of the earth.
3 They have poured out their blood like water
all around Jerusalem,
and there was ^mno one to bury them.

Matthew 5:10-12

10 ⁿ“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for ^otheirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 ^p“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely ^qon my account. 12 ^rRejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for ^sso they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

John 15:21

21 But ^tall these things they will do to you ^uon account of my name, ^vbecause they do not know him who sent me.