2 Timothy 3:12
Yea, and all who wish to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Acts 14:22
confirming 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, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and righteously, and godly in the present age;
Matthew 5:10-12
"Happy are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake; because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 10:22-25
And ye will be hated by all, for My name's sake; but he who endures to the end, the same shall be saved.
Matthew 16:24
Then said Jesus to His disciples, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me;
Matthew 23:34
Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;
Mark 10:30
but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, 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 hates not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and, further, his own soul also, 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 chose you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues; yea, an hour is coming, that every one who kills you will think that he is offering service to God.
John 16:33
These things have I spoken to you, that in Me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."
John 17:14
I have given them Thy word, and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
1 Corinthians 15:19
If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable!
2 Corinthians 1:12
For our glorying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom, but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
1 Thessalonians 3:3-4
that no one should be shaken in these tribulations; for ye yourselves know that for this we are appointed.
1 Timothy 2:2
for kings, and all who are in high position, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.
1 Timothy 3:16
And, confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness; God was manifested in flesh, was justified in the Spirit, was seen by angels, preached among the gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.
1 Timothy 6:3
If anyone teaches otherwise, and consents not to healthful words, the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the teaching according to godliness,
Titus 1:1
Paul, a slave of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the full knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness,
Hebrews 11:32-38
And what more am I to say? for the time will fail me, if I speak at length concerning Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David also, and of Samuel, and the prophets;
1 Peter 2:20-21
For what glory is it, if, when sinning and being beaten, ye endure it? but, if, when doing well and suffering for it, ye endure it, this is acceptable with God.
1 Peter 3:14
But, if ye should even suffer for righteousness sake, happy are ye. But fear not their fear, neither be troubled;
1 Peter 4:12-16
Beloved, be not surprised at the fiery-test taking place among you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened to you;
1 Peter 5:9-10
whom resist, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same kinds of sufferings are being accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.
2 Peter 3:11
Seeing, therefore, that all these things are thus to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conduct and godliness,
Revelation 1:9-10
I, John, your brother, and fellow-sharer in the tribulation, and kingdom, and patience in Jesus, was in the island called Patmos, because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
Revelation 7:14
And I have said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me, "These are those who come out of the great tribulation; and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 12:4
And his tail drags the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth. And the dragon has taken his stand before the woman who is about to bring forth; in order that, when she brings forth, he may devour her child.
Revelation 12:7-10
And there was war in the heaven; Michael and his angels went forth to war with the dragon. And the dragon made war, and his angels;