1 Thessalonians 3:3
that no man might be shaken by these tribulations; for ye yourselves know that thereunto we are appointed.
Acts 9:16
for I will shew him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the brethren, exhorting them to abide firm in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must pass into the kingdom of heaven.
Acts 21:13
But Paul replied, Why do ye thus??eeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Matthew 10:16-18
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore prudent as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Matthew 24:9-10
Then shall they deliver you up to affliction, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
Luke 21:12
But before all these things, they will lay hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and to prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
John 15:19-21
If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have elected you out of the world, for this very cause the world hateth you.
John 16:33
These things have I spoken to you, that ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good courage; I have overcome the world.
Romans 5:3
And not only so, but we glory also in tribulations: knowing that tribulation produceth patience;
1 Corinthians 15:58
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
2 Thessalonians 1:4
so that we ourselves make our boast of you among the churches of God, for your patience and fidelity under all your persecutions and afflictions which ye endure:
2 Timothy 1:8
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but suffer affliction with me in the gospel, supported by the power of God;
John 16:2
They will put you out of their synagogues: yea, the hour is coming, that every one who killeth you will think he offers God a sacred service.
Acts 2:25
For David speaketh concerning him, "I have seen the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand, that I might not be shaken:
Acts 20:23-24
only this, that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and tribulation await thee.
Acts 21:11
And coming to us, he took Paul's girdle, and binding both his own hands and feet together, said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, The man, whose girdle this is, shall the Jews bind in like manner at Jerusalem, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
Romans 8:35-37
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall distress of circumstances, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword?
1 Corinthians 4:9
For I think that God hath exposed us his apostles the last as devoted unto death. For we have been made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.
Ephesians 3:13
Wherefore I beseech you, that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Philippians 1:28
and not dismayed on any occasion by your adversaries; which is indeed the proof of perdition to them, but of salvation to you, and that from God.
Colossians 1:23
if ye abide in faith grounded and firm, and never moved aside from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which hath been preached to the whole creation which is under heaven, of which I Paul am a minister.
1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Timothy 3:11-12
the persecutions, the sufferings, which beset me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, yet out of them all the Lord delivered me.
1 Peter 2:21
For hereunto have ye been called, because Christ also hath suffered for you, leaving you a pattern, that ye should follow his steps;
1 Peter 4:12-14
Beloved, be not amazed at the fiery trial among you which is to bring you to the test, as though something strange happened to you;
Revelation 2:10
Fear nothing from the things which thou shalt suffer: lo! the devil will cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have a ten day's tribulation: be thou faithful until death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Revelation 2:13
I know thy works and where thou hast thy abode, even where Satan's throne [is erected]: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days when Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was put to death among you, where Satan dwelleth.