Jer 15:15, Mat 5:10-12, 10:18-22, 39, 16:25, 19:29, 1Pe 2:19-20, 4:13-16 | ESV | STEP | O Lord , you know ; remember me and visit me, , and take vengeance for me on my persecutors . In your forbearance take me not away ; know that for your sake I bear reproach .

15 ^aO Lord, you know;
^bremember me and visit me,
^c, ^dand take vengeance for me on my persecutors.
In your forbearance take me not away;
^eknow that ^ffor your sake I bear reproach.

Matthew 5:10-12

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

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

Matthew 10:18-22

18 ^mand you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, ⁿto bear witness before them and the Gentiles. 19 ^oWhen ^pthey deliver you over, ^qdo not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for ^rwhat you are to say will be given to you in that hour. 20 ^sFor it is not you who speak, but ^tthe Spirit of your Father speaking through you. 21 ^uBrother will deliver brother over to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death, 22 ^vand you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. ^wBut the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 10:39

39 ^xWhoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Matthew 16:25

25 For ^ywhoever would save his life ^{▼▼The same Greek word can mean either soul or life, depending on the context; twice in this verse and twice in verse 26} will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

Matthew 19:29

29 ^aaAnd everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold ^{▼▼Some manuscripts manifold} and will ^acinherit eternal life.

1 Peter 2:19-20

19 For this is a gracious thing, when, ^admindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But ^aeif when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.

1 Peter 4:13-16

13 But rejoice ^afinsofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad ^agwhen his glory is revealed. 14 ^ahIf you are insulted ^aifor the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory ^{▼▼Some manuscripts insert and of power} and of God rests upon you. 15 But ^aklet none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or ^alas a meddler. 16 Yet ^amif anyone suffers as a ^anChristian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God ^aoin that name.