2 Timothy 3:12
And all indeed who desire to live piously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Acts 14:22
establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
Titus 2:12
teaching us that, having denied impiety and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, and justly, and piously in the present course of things,
Joshua 17:14
And the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me as inheritance one lot and one portion, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as Jehovah has blessed me hitherto?
Psalm 37:12-15
The wicked plotteth against the righteous, and gnasheth his teeth against him.
Matthew 5:10-12
Blessed they who are persecuted on account of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.
Matthew 10:22-25
and ye shall be hated of all on account of my name. But he that has endured to the end, he shall be saved.
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one desires to come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Matthew 23:34
Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will persecute from city to city;
Mark 10:30
that shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time: houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the coming age life eternal.
Luke 14:26-27
If any man come to me, and shall not hate his own father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yea, and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple;
John 15:19-21
If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on account of this the world hates you.
John 16:2
They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming that every one who kills you will think to render service to God;
John 16:33
These things have I spoken to you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good courage: I have overcome the world.
John 17:14
I have given them thy word, and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
1 Corinthians 15:19
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are the most miserable of all men.
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and sincerity before God, (not in fleshly wisdom but in God's grace,) we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly towards you.
1 Thessalonians 3:3-4
that no one might be moved by these afflictions. (For yourselves know that we are set for this;
1 Timothy 2:2
for kings and all that are in dignity, that we may lead a quiet and tranquil life in all piety and gravity;
1 Timothy 3:16
And confessedly the mystery of piety is great. God has been manifested in flesh, has been justified in the Spirit, has appeared to angels, has been preached among the nations, has been believed on in the world, has been received up in glory.
1 Timothy 6:3
If any one teach differently, and do not accede to sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teaching which is according to piety,
Titus 1:1
Paul, bondman of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ according to the faith of God's elect, and knowledge of the truth which is according to piety;
Hebrews 11:32-38
And what more do I say? For the time would fail me telling of Gideon, and Barak, and Samson, and Jephthah, and David and Samuel, and of the prophets:
1 Peter 2:20-21
For what glory is it, if sinning and being buffeted ye shall bear it? but if, doing good and suffering, ye shall bear it, this is acceptable with God.
1 Peter 3:14
But if also ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed are ye; but be not afraid of their fear, neither be troubled;
1 Peter 4:12-16
Beloved, take not as strange the fire of persecution which has taken place amongst you for your trial, as if a strange thing was happening to you;
1 Peter 5:9-10
Whom resist, stedfast in faith, knowing that the selfsame sufferings are accomplished in your brotherhood which is in the world.
2 Peter 3:11
All these things then being to be dissolved, what ought ye to be in holy conversation and godliness,
Revelation 1:9-10
I John, your brother and fellow-partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and patience, in Jesus, was in the island called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus.
Revelation 7:14
And I said to him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they who come out of the great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 12:4
and his tail draws the third part of the stars of the heaven; and he cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bring forth, in order that when she brought forth he might devour her child.
Revelation 12:7-10
And there was war in the heaven: Michael and his angels went to war with the dragon. And the dragon fought, and his angels;