Hebrews 11:26
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.”
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“He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.”
King James Version · Public Domain“accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he looked unto the recompense of reward.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“greater wealth having reckoned the reproach of the Christ than the treasures in Egypt, for he did look to the recompense of reward;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Hebrews 11:26 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ruth 2:12May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
- Psalms 37:16Better is the little of the righteous than the abundance of many who are wicked.
- Psalms 69:7For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face.
- Psalms 69:20Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
- Psalms 89:50Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants, which I bear in my heart from so many people—
- Proverbs 11:18The wicked man earns an empty wage, but he who sows righteousness reaps a true reward.
- Proverbs 23:18For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
- Isaiah 51:7Listen 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.
- Jeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
- Matthew 5:12Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.
- Matthew 6:1“Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
- Matthew 10:41Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.
- Luke 14:14and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
- Acts 5:41The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
- 2 Corinthians 6:10sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
- 2 Corinthians 12:10That 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.
- Ephesians 1:18I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
- Ephesians 3:8Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
- Philippians 3:7But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
- Hebrews 2:2For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
- Hebrews 10:33Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.
- Hebrews 10:35So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
- Hebrews 11:6And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
- Hebrews 13:13Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
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