1 Kings 22:24

Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in Yahweh’s house.

Don’t be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.

They open their mouths wide against me, lions tearing prey and roaring.

But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn’t know it. They tore at me, and didn’t cease.

Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up, princes, and they shall worship, because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

Don’t seek revenge yourselves, beloved, but give place to God’s wrath. For it is written, “Vengeance belongs to me; I will repay, says the Lord.”

not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing.

Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king’s prisoners were bound, and he was there in custody.

They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and don’t hesitate to spit in my face.

Arise, Yahweh! Save me, my God! For you have struck all of my enemies on the cheek bone. You have broken the teeth of the wicked.

Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

But I was like a gentle lamb that is led to the slaughter. I didn’t know that they had devised plans against me, saying, “Let’s destroy the tree with its fruit, and let’s cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.”

The world can’t hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.

Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?

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

I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.

But the house of Israel will not listen to you, for they will not listen to me; for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hard-hearted.

They spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.

A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, “Do you answer the high priest like that?”

The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

After five days, the high priest, Ananias, came down with certain elders and an orator, one Tertullus. They informed the governor against Paul.

Therefore it is already altogether a defect in you, that you have lawsuits one with another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?

The secret things belong to Yahweh our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and struck Micaiah on the cheek, and said, “Which way did Yahweh’s Spirit go from me to speak to you?”

Have you heard the secret counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on.

For they intended evil against you. They plotted evil against you which cannot succeed.

Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

For I have heard the defaming of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce, and we will denounce him!” say all my familiar friends, those who watch for my fall. “Perhaps he will be persuaded, and we will prevail against him, and we will take our revenge on him.”

But if they had stood in my council, then they would have caused my people to hear my words, and would have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings.

For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Yahweh of Armies.

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

“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.

They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”

Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither is one who is sent greater than he who sent him.

Repay no one evil for evil. Respect what is honorable in the sight of all men.

pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;

who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and don’t please God, and are contrary to all men,

So the tongue is also a little member, and boasts great things. See how a small fire can spread to a large forest!

See how great a love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn’t know us, because it didn’t know him.

You are to teach the children of Israel all the statutes which Yahweh has spoken to them by Moses.”

Majesty belongs to the firstborn of his herd. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he will push all the peoples to the ends of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh.”

He hired so that I would be afraid, do so, and sin, and that they might have material for an evil report, that they might reproach me.

“Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, cast your law behind their back, killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.

They have gaped on me with their mouth. They have struck me on the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

who have said, “With our tongue we will prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?”

who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,

The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

Just as many were astonished at you— his appearance was marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men—

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.

When he was in Benjamin’s gate, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”

The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.

Let him give his cheek to him who strikes him. Let him be filled full of reproach.

Mischief will come on mischief, and rumor will be on rumor. They will seek a vision of the prophet; but the law will perish from the priest, and counsel from the elders.

Now you shall gather yourself in troops, daughter of troops. He has laid siege against us. They will strike the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek.

They struck his head with a reed, and spat on him, and bowing their knees, did homage to him.

To him who strikes you on the cheek, offer also the other; and from him who takes away your cloak, don’t withhold your coat also.

For he will be delivered up to the Gentiles, will be mocked, treated shamefully, and spit on.

Nathanael said to him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.”

Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.

For you bear with a man if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, or if he strikes you on the face.

For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.

Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made himself horns of iron, and said, “Yahweh says, ‘With these you will push the Syrians, until they are consumed.’ ”

Are the consolations of God too small for you, even the word that is gentle toward you?

One who corrects a mocker invites insult. One who reproves a wicked man invites abuse.

Then they said, “Come! Let’s devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law won’t perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let’s strike him with the tongue, and let’s not give heed to any of his words.”

For who has stood in the council of Yahweh, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has listened to my word, and heard it?

But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.

The farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned another.

Then they spat in his face and beat him with their fists, and some slapped him,

saying, “Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?”

Some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to beat him with fists, and to tell him, “Prophesy!” The officers struck him with the palms of their hands.

At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.

They answered him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”

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

Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his lord.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.

Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.