Ridicule

If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.

The righteous cried, and Jehovah heard, And delivered them out of all their troubles. — read the full passage →

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.

and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

I will bless Jehovah at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. — read the full passage →

For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

And the soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Prætorium; and they call together the whole band. — read the full passage →

Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat. — read the full passage →

And my God shall supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.

And they laughed him to scorn. But he, having put them all forth, taketh the father of the child and her mother and them that were with him, and goeth in where the child was.

My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof: — read the full passage →

O Jehovah my God, in thee do I take refuge: Save me from all them that pursue me, and deliver me, — read the full passage →

And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them. And they set him between the pillars: — read the full passage →

Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; — read the full passage →

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings. — read the full passage →

He that sitteth in the heavens will laugh: The Lord will have them in derision. — read the full passage →

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.

And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple. — read the full passage →

And there was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him: some said, He is a good man; others said, Not so, but he leadeth the multitude astray.

He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved.

Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

But one hath somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf:

For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

for I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.

Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name’s sake.

yea and before governors and kings shall ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.

Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Hear the word of Jehovah, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hate you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, Let Jehovah be glorified, that we may see your joy; but it is they that shall be put to shame.

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now perfected in the flesh?

And always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.

And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.

And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Jehovah.

An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

And let the congregation of the peoples compass thee about; And over them return thou on high.

Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more, things that pertain to this life?

Putting away therefore all wickedness, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

For if the word spoken through angels proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward;

God forbid. We who died to sin, how shall we any longer live therein?

Much every way: first of all, that they were intrusted with the oracles of God.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings.