1 Corinthians 4:9
For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to die, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.
Romans 8:36
As it is written, "For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered."
Hebrews 10:33
At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.
Psalm 44:22
Yet because of you we are killed all day long; we are treated like sheep at the slaughtering block.
Acts 19:29
The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions.
Acts 19:31
Even some of the provincial authorities who were his friends sent a message to him, urging him not to venture into the theater.
1 Corinthians 15:30-32
Why too are we in danger every hour?
2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living.
2 Corinthians 4:8-12
We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;
2 Corinthians 6:9
as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet -- see! -- we continue to live; as those who are scourged and yet not executed;
Philippians 1:29-30
For it has been granted to you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him,
1 Thessalonians 3:3
so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.
1 Thessalonians 5:9-10
For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 1:14
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?
Hebrews 11:36
And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
Revelation 6:9-11
Now when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.
Revelation 7:11-14
And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God,
Revelation 17:6-7
I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus. I was greatly astounded when I saw her.