Bible Verses about “martyrs”

“Don't be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.”

“Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.”

“Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.”

“What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?”

“If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.”

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”

“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”

“Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.”

“He who didn't spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how would he not also with him freely give us all things?”

“I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived, and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.”

“Who could bring a charge against God's chosen ones? It is God who justifies.”

“But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.”

“"Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,”

“But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.”

“For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil doer, or a meddler in other men's matters.”

“but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.”

“If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.”

“Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value than many sparrows.”

“Everyone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.”

“When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.”

“They cried with a loud voice, saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?"”