Luke 16:25
'Child,' answered Abraham, 'remember that you in your lifetime received what you thought desirable, just as Lazarus received what was not desirable; but now he has his consolation here, while you are suffering agony.
Luke 6:24
But 'alas for you who are rich,' for you have had your comforts in full.
Mark 9:45
If your foot proves a snare to you, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter the Life lame, than to have both your feet and be thrown into the Pit.
Luke 16:20
Near his gateway there had been laid a beggar named Lazarus, who was covered with sores,
Luke 16:23
In the Place of Death he looked up in his torment, and saw Abraham at a distance and Lazarus at his side.
John 16:33
I have spoken to you in this way, so that in me you may find peace. In the world you will find trouble; yet, take courage! I have conquered the world."
Acts 14:22
Reassuring the minds of the disciples, urging them to remain true to the Faith, and showing that it is only through many troubles that we can enter the Kingdom of God.
Romans 8:7
Because to be earthly-minded is to be an enemy to God, for such a mind does not submit to the Law of God, nor indeed can it do so.
Philippians 3:19
The end of such men is Ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things.
1 Thessalonians 3:3
So that none of you should be shaken by the troubles through which you are passing. You yourselves know that we are destined to meet with such things.
Hebrews 11:25
He preferred sharing the hardships of God's People to enjoying the short-lived pleasures of sin.
1 John 2:15
Do not love the world or what the world can offer. When any one loves the world, there is no love for the Father in him;
Revelation 7:14
'My Lord,' I answered, 'it is you who know.' 'These,' he said, 'are they who come through the Great Persecution; they washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb.