1 Corinthians 4:9
For it seems to me, God has exhibited us apostles at the very end of the procession, like the men condemned to die in the arena. For we have become a spectacle to the whole universe, angels as well as men.
Romans 8:36
As the Scripture says, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long, We are treated like sheep to be slaughtered."
Hebrews 10:33
sometimes being actually exposed as a public spectacle to insults and violence, and sometimes showing yourselves ready to share the lot of those in that condition.
Acts 19:29
So the commotion spread all over the city, and by a common impulse the people rushed to the theater, dragging with them two Macedonians, Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul's traveling companions.
Acts 19:31
Some of the religious authorities also, who were friends of his, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.
1 Corinthians 15:30-32
Why do we ourselves run such risks every hour?
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For I do not want you, brothers, to misunderstand the distress that I experienced in Asia, for I was so utterly and unendurably crushed, that I actually despaired of life itself.
2 Corinthians 4:8-12
I am hard pressed on every side, but never cut off: perplexed, but not driven to despair;
2 Corinthians 6:9
obscure, when I am well known, at the point of death, yet here I am alive, punished, but not dead yet,
Philippians 1:29-30
For you have been granted the privilege not only of trusting in Christ but of suffering for him.
1 Thessalonians 3:3
and encourage you not to be led astray, any of you, in all these troubles. You know yourselves that this is what we must expect,
1 Thessalonians 5:9-10
For God has not destined us for his wrath, but to gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
Hebrews 1:14
Are not the angels all spirits in service, whom he sends on his errands for the good of those who are destined to possess salvation?
Hebrews 11:36
Still others had to endure taunts and blows, and even fetters and prison.
Revelation 6:9-11
When he broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who have been slaughtered on account of God's message and for adhering to the testimony.
Revelation 7:11-14
Then all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four animals, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,
Revelation 17:6-7
I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God's people, and the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her I was perfectly amazed,