Psa 109:4, Jer 38:4, Mat 5:11-12, Luk 6:22-23, 26 | ESV | STEP | In return for my love they accuse me, but I give myself to prayer .

Psalms 109:4

4 In return for my love they ^aaccuse me,
but I ^bgive myself to prayer. ^{▼▼Hebrew but I am prayer}

Jeremiah 38:4

4 Then the officials said to the king, ^d“Let this man be put to death, ^efor he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking ^fthe welfare of this people, but their harm.”

Matthew 5:11-12

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

Luke 6:22-23

22 “Blessed are you when ^kpeople hate you and when they ^lexclude you and revile you and ^mspurn your name as evil, ⁿon account of the Son of Man! 23 ^oRejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for ^pso their fathers did to the prophets.

Luke 6:26

26 “Woe to you, ^qwhen all people speak well of you, for ^rso their fathers did to ^sthe false prophets.