Nave’s Topical Bible
Martyrdom
28 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- General scriptures concerning
Psalms 44:22; Matthew 10:21-22,39; Matthew 16:25; Matthew 23:34-35; Matthew 24:9; Mark 13:12; Luke 9:24; Luke 11:50; Luke 21:16-17; John 12:25; Romans 8:36; 1 Corinthians 13:3; Revelation 6:9-11; Revelation 11:7-12; Revelation 12:11; Revelation 16:6; Revelation 17:6
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- Zechariah
- John the Baptist
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- The prophets
Matthew 22:6; Matthew 23:35; Romans 11:3; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; Hebrews 11:32-37
Bible verses about “Martyrdom”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Psalms 44:22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
- Matthew 10:21And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
- Matthew 10:22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
- Matthew 10:39He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
- Matthew 16:25For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
- Matthew 23:34Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
- Matthew 23:35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
- Matthew 24:9Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
- Mark 13:12Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
- Luke 9:24For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
- Luke 11:50That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
- Luke 21:16And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.
- Luke 21:17And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.
- John 12:25He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
- Romans 8:36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
- 1 Corinthians 13:3And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.
- Revelation 6:9And 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:
- Revelation 6:10And 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?
- Revelation 6:11And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
- Revelation 11:7And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
- Revelation 11:8And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
- Revelation 11:9And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
- Revelation 11:10And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
- Revelation 11:11And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
- Revelation 11:12And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
- Revelation 12:11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
- Revelation 16:6For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
- Revelation 17:6And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
- Genesis 4:3And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.
- Genesis 4:4And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
- Genesis 4:5But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
- Genesis 4:6And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
- Genesis 4:7If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
- Genesis 4:8And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
- 1 Kings 18:4For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
- 1 Kings 18:13Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid an hundred men of the Lord’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?
- 2 Chronicles 24:21And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 24:22Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The Lord look upon it, and require it.
- Mark 6:18For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
- Mark 6:19Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: