Matthew 5:10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. (WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 5:11 "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Matthew 10:18 Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 10:22 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved. (WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)

Matthew 10:39 He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 14:3 For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS RSV)

Matthew 14:9 The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given, (WEB KJV ASV WBS)

Matthew 15:3 "Why do you, too," He retorted, "transgress God's commands for the sake of your tradition? (WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 15:6 he shall be absolved from honouring his father'; and so you have abrogated God's Word for the sake of your tradition. (WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 16:25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Matthew 18:5 And whoever for my sake receives one young child such as this, receives me. (WEY)

Matthew 19:12 For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb, and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake. He who is able to receive it, let him receive it." (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Matthew 19:29 Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 24:9 Then they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name's sake. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Matthew 24:22 Unless those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved. But for the sake of the chosen ones, those days will be shortened. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 4:17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. (KJV WBS)

Mark 6:17 For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS RSV)

Mark 6:26 The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn't wish to refuse her. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS)

Mark 8:35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Mark 9:37 "Whoever for my sake receives one such young child as this, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not so much me as Him who sent me." (WEY)

Mark 10:29 Jesus said, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Mark 12:40 those who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation." (See NAS)

Mark 13:9 But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Mark 13:13 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end, the same will be saved. (WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)

Mark 13:20 Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 6:22 Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS)

Luke 9:24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same will save it. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 9:48 and said to them, "Whoever for my sake receives this little child, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives Him who sent me. For the lowliest among you all--he is the greatest." (WEY)

Luke 18:29 He said to them, "Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake, (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 20:47 who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these will receive greater condemnation." (See NAS)

Luke 21:12 But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name's sake. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Luke 21:17 You will be hated by all men for my name's sake. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

John 11:15 I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let's go to him." (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 11:42 I know that Thou always hearest me; but for the sake of the crowd standing round I have said this--that they may believe that Thou didst send me." (WEY)

John 12:9 A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. (WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS)

John 12:30 Jesus answered, "This voice hasn't come for my sake, but for your sakes. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV)

John 13:37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake. (KJV WBS)

John 13:38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. (KJV WBS)

John 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works' sake. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV)

John 15:21 But all these things will they do to you for my name's sake, because they don't know him who sent me. (WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS)

John 17:19 For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. (Root in WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Acts 9:16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake." (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Acts 15:26 who have endangered their very lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ. (WEY RSV)

Acts 21:13 His reply was, "What can you mean by thus breaking my heart with your grief? Why, as for me, I am ready not only to go to Jerusalem and be put in chains, but even to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus." (WEY)

Acts 26:7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. (KJV WBS)

Acts 28:20 For these reasons, then, I have invited you here, that I might see you and speak to you; for it is for the sake of Him who is the hope of Israel that this chain hangs upon me." (WEY NAS)

Romans 1:5 through whom we received grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, for his name's sake; (WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 4:23 Now it was not written that it was accounted to him for his sake alone, (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Romans 4:24 but for our sake also, to whom it will be accounted, who believe in him who raised Jesus, our Lord, from the dead, (WEB WEY ASV NAS)

Romans 8:36 Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter." (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 9:3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers' sake, my relatives according to the flesh, (WEB ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 11:19 "Branches have been lopped off," you will say, "for the sake of my being grafted in." (WEY)

Romans 11:28 Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Romans 13:5 Therefore you need to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath, but also for conscience' sake. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV)

Romans 14:6 He who regards the day as sacred, so regards it for the Master's sake; and he who eats certain food eats it for the Master's sake, for he gives thanks to God; and he who refrains from eating it refrains for the Master's sake, and he also gives thanks to God. (WEY)

Romans 14:20 Don't overthrow God's work for food's sake. All things indeed are clean, however it is evil for that man who creates a stumbling block by eating. (WEB WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 15:30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; (KJV WBS)

1 Corinthians 4:10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Corinthians 8:11 And through your knowledge, he who is weak perishes, the brother for whose sake Christ died. (WEB ASV DBY NAS)

1 Corinthians 9:10 or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

1 Corinthians 9:23 Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 9:25 But every competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness in all directions. They indeed do this for the sake of securing a perishable wreath, but we for the sake of securing one that will not perish. (WEY)

1 Corinthians 10:25 Whatever is sold in the butcher shop, eat, asking no question for the sake of conscience, (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS)

1 Corinthians 10:27 But if one of those who don't believe invites you to a meal, and you are inclined to go, eat whatever is set before you, asking no questions for the sake of conscience. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY NAS)

1 Corinthians 10:28 But if anyone says to you, "This was offered to idols," don't eat it for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience. For "the earth is the Lord's, and all its fullness." (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 11:9 For man was not created for woman's sake, but woman for man's. (WEY DBY NAS)

2 Corinthians 2:1 But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow. (See NAS)

2 Corinthians 2:10 Now I also forgive whomever you forgive anything. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ, (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 4:5 For we don't preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake; (WEB KJV WEY BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV)

2 Corinthians 4:11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 4:15 For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God. (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Corinthians 5:13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God. Or if we are of sober mind, it is for you. (See NIV)

2 Corinthians 5:15 He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again. (Root in WEB ASV RSV)

2 Corinthians 5:21 For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (See RSV)

2 Corinthians 7:12 So then, if also I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of him that injured, nor for the sake of him that was injured, but for the sake of our diligent zeal for you being manifested to you before God. (DBY NAS)

2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might become rich. (Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Corinthians 12:10 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. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Galatians 3:19 Why then was the Law given? It was imposed later on for the sake of defining sin, until the seed should come to whom God had made the promise; and its details were laid down by a mediator with the help of angels. (WEY DBY)

Ephesians 3:1 For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles, (See NAS NIV)

Ephesians 4:1 I, then, the prisoner for the Master's sake, entreat you to live and act as becomes those who have received the call that you have received-- (WEY)

Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. (KJV WBS)

Philippians 1:13 And thus it has become notorious among all the Imperial Guards, and everywhere, that it is for the sake of Christ that I am a prisoner; (WEY)

Philippians 1:24 Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake. (WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS)

Philippians 1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; (KJV WBS NAS RSV)

Philippians 2:30 because it was for the sake of Christ's work that he came so near death, hazarding, as he did, his very life in endeavouring to make good any deficiency that there might be in your gifts to me. (WEY DBY)

Philippians 3:7 Yet all that was gain to me--for Christ's sake I have reckoned it loss. (WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Philippians 3:8 Nay, I even reckon all things as pure loss because of the priceless privilege of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. And for His sake I have suffered the loss of everything, and reckon it all as mere refuse, in order that I may win Christ and be found in union with Him, (WEY RSV NIV)

Colossians 1:24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the assembly; (WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Colossians 3:6 for which things' sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience. (WEB KJV ASV)

Colossians 4:3 And pray at the same time for us also, that God may open for us a door for preaching, for us to tell the truth concerning Christ for the sake of which I am even a prisoner. (WEY)

1 Thessalonians 1:5 and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Thessalonians 3:9 For what thanksgiving can we render again to God for you, for all the joy with which we rejoice for your sakes before our God; (Root in WEB KJV ASV WBS RSV)

1 Thessalonians 5:13 and to respect and honor them in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves. (WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS)

2 Thessalonians 1:5 For these are a plain token of God's righteous judgement, which has in view your being deemed worthy of admission to God's Kingdom, for the sake of which, indeed, you are sufferers. (WEY DBY)

1 Timothy 5:23 Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities. (WEB KJV WEY DBY YLT NAS)

2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones' sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Titus 1:11 whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain's sake. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Philemon 1:6 that the fellowship of your faith may become effective, in the knowledge of every good thing which is in us in Christ Jesus. (See NAS)

Philemon 1:9 yet for love's sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Philemon 1:20 Yes, brother, do me this favour for the Lord's sake. Refresh my heart in Christ. (WEY)

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Servant's (29 Occurrences)
... Exodus 21:26 "If a man strikes his servant's eye, or his maid's eye, and destroys
it, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. (WEB). ...
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Defend (38 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). 2 Kings 19:34 'For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake,
and for my servant David's sake.'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Wishes (37 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Matthew 16:25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and
whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. (See NAS). ...
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Exercise (35 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Exertion for the sake of training or improvement whether physical, intellectual,
or moral; practice to acquire skill, knowledge, virtue, perfectness ...
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Master's (52 Occurrences)
... Romans 14:6 He who regards the day as sacred, so regards it for the Master's sake;
and he who eats certain food eats it for the Master's sake, for he gives ...
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Accounted (32 Occurrences)
... to them. (WEB). Romans 4:23 Now it was not written that it was accounted
to him for his sake alone, (WEB). Romans 4:24 but for our ...
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Securing (8 Occurrences)
... Mark 8:35 For whoever is bent on securing his life will lose it, but he who loses
his life for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News, will secure it. ...
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Manifested (48 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 4:11 For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake,
that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh. ...
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Zeal (45 Occurrences)
... 2 Corinthians 7:12 So then, if also I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of him
that injured, nor for the sake of him that was injured, but for the sake of ...
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1752. heneka -- on account of, because of
... on account of, because of. Part of Speech: Preposition Transliteration: heneka Phonetic
Spelling: (hen'-ek-ah) Short Definition: for the sake of, on account of ...
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1223. dia -- through, on account of, because of
... on account of Definition: (a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of,
(b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of. ...
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5484. charin -- in favor of, for the pleasure of
... the pleasure of. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: charin Phonetic Spelling:
(khar'-in) Short Definition: on account of Definition: for the sake of, by ...
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1752a. heneka -- on account of, because of
... << 1752, 1752a. heneka or heneken or heineken. 1752b >>. on account of, because
of. Transliteration: heneka or heneken or heineken Short Definition: sake. ...
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147. aischrokerdos -- from eagerness for base gain
... for the sake of dishonest gain. Adverb from aischrokerdes; sordidly -- for filthy
lucre's sake. see GREEK aischrokerdes. (aischrokerdos) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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1487. ei -- forasmuch as, if, that
... 1487 (a conditional conjunction) -- . 1487 (followed by any verb) expresses "a
condition, of as , or to denote " (ie . for the sake of argument) (). ...
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1347. dikaiosis -- the act of pronouncing righteous, acquittal
... justification. From dikaioo; aquittal (for Christ's sake) -- justification. see
GREEK dikaioo. (dikaiosin) -- 2 Occurrences. << 1346, 1347. dikaiosis. 1348 >>. ...
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4012. peri -- about, concerning, around (denotes place, cause or ...
... on behalf of, X and his company, which concern, (as) concerning, for, X how it will
go with, ((there-, where-)) of, on, over, pertaining (to), for sake, X (e ...
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4392. prophasis -- a pretense
... Word Origin from pro and phaino Definition a pretense NASB Word Usage appearance's
sake (2), excuse (1), pretense (3), pretext (1). pretense, outward showing. ...
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