Matthew 7:14
But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Acts 14:22
They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, "We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions."
Proverbs 4:26-27
Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established.
Proverbs 8:20
I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice,
Isaiah 30:21
You will hear a word spoken behind you, saying, "This is the correct way, walk in it," whether you are heading to the right or the left.
Isaiah 35:8
A thoroughfare will be there -- it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it -- fools will not stray into it.
Isaiah 57:14
He says, "Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!"
Jeremiah 6:16
The Lord said to his people: "You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls." But they said, "We will not follow it!"
Matthew 16:24-25
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Matthew 20:16
So the last will be first, and the first last."
Matthew 22:14
For many are called, but few are chosen."
Matthew 25:1-12
"At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Mark 8:34
Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Luke 12:32
"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.
Luke 13:23-30
Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few be saved?" So he said to them,
John 15:18-20
"If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.
John 16:33
I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage -- I have conquered the world."
Romans 9:27-29
And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved,
Romans 9:32
Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
Romans 11:5-6
So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God -- what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
Ephesians 2:2-3
in which you formerly lived according to this world's present path, according to the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience,
1 Thessalonians 3:2-5
We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and encourage you about your faith,
1 Peter 3:20-21
after they were disobedient long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water.