2 Timothy 3:12
Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, "Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God."
Titus 2:12
training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this present age,
Matthew 5:10-12
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 10:22-25
And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Matthew 23:34
Therefore I send you prophets and wise men and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from town to town,
Mark 10:30
who will not receive a hundredfold now in this timehouse and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions, and in the age to come, eternal life.
Luke 14:26-27
"If any one comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
John 15:19-21
If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
John 16:33
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage! I have overcome the world."
John 17:14
I have given them your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
1 Corinthians 15:19
If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our boast is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with holiness and godly sincerity, not in worldly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and still more toward you.
1 Thessalonians 3:3-4
so that no one would be unsettled by these afflictions. You yourselves know that we have been destined for this.
1 Timothy 2:2
for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity.
1 Timothy 3:16
By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness: he was revealed in the flesh, was vindicated in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
1 Timothy 6:3
If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching which accords with godliness,
Titus 1:1
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of God's elect and the knowledge of the truth which leads to godliness,
Hebrews 11:32-38
And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,
1 Peter 2:20-21
For what credit is it, if when you do wrong and are beaten for it you patiently endure? But if when you do right and suffer for it you patiently endure, you have favor with God.
1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled,
1 Peter 4:12-16
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal which comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
1 Peter 5:9-10
But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren throughout the world.
2 Peter 3:11
Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy lives and godliness,
Revelation 1:9-10
I, John, your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
Revelation 7:14
I said to him, "Sir, you know." And he said to me, "These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 12:4
And his tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven, and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child when it was born.
Revelation 12:7-10
And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back,