Bible Verses about “martyrs”
Found 21 verses (ordered by relevance) about “martyrs” in the KJV version of the Bible
“‹And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.›”
“Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.”
“‹Blessed› [are] ‹they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.›”
“¶ What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?”
“¶ ‹If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before› [it hated] ‹you.›”
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? [shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”
“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.”
“Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.”
“He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?”
“And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.”
“Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? [It is] God that justifieth.”
“‹But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.›”
“‹Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.›”
“Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.”
“But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or [as] a thief, or [as] an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.”
“‹But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.›”
“If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye]; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.”
“‹Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.›”
“‹Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.›”
“¶ And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:”
“And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?”