ye be.

1 Peter 2:19, 20
For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended. . . .

1 Peter 3:14, 16
But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. "Do not fear their intimidation; do not be shaken." . . .

reproached.

1 Peter 4:4, 5
Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you. . . .

Psalm 49:9
that he should live on forever and not see decay.

Psalm 89:51
how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, how they have mocked every step of Your anointed one.

Isaiah 51:7
Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be broken by their insults.

Matthew 5:11
Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

Luke 6:22
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

John 7:47-52
"Have you also been deceived?" replied the Pharisees. . . .

John 8:48
The Jews answered Him, "Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?"

John 9:28, 34
Then they heaped insults on him and said, "You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses. . . .

2 Corinthians 12:10
That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

happy.

1 Kings 10:8
How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

Psalm 32:1, 2
Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered! . . .

Psalm 146:5
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

James 1:12
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

James 5:11
See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

for.

Numbers 11:25, 26
Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied--but they never did so again. . . .

2 Kings 2:15
When the sons of the prophets who were facing him from Jericho saw what had happened, they said, "The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha." And they went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him.

Isaiah 11:2
The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.

on.

Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.

Acts 18:6
But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."

2 Peter 2:2
Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.

but.

1 Peter 2:12
Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

1 Peter 3:16
keeping a clear conscience, so that those who slander you will be put to shame by your good behavior in Christ.

Matthew 5:16
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Galatians 1:24
And they glorified God because of me.

2 Thessalonians 1:10-12
on the day He comes to be glorified in His saints and regarded with wonder by all who have believed, including you who have believed our testimony. . . .