Hebrews 11:25
because he preferred being mistreated with God's people to enjoying the pleasures of sin for a short time.
Job 20:5
The wicked triumph only briefly; the joy of the godless is momentary.
Job 36:21
Be careful! Don't turn to evil, because of this you will be tried by more than affliction.
Psalm 84:10
for a day in your Temple courts is better than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather stand at the entrance of God's house than live in the tent of wickedness.
Job 21:11-13
They release their children to play like sheep; their young ones dance about,
Psalm 47:9
The nobles among the nations have joined the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted. A song: Lyrics by the Sons of Korah.
Psalm 73:18-20
You have certainly set them in slippery places; you will make them fall to their ruin.
Isaiah 21:4
And as for my heart, horror has terrified me; the twilight I longed for has started to make me tremble.
Isaiah 47:8-9
"Now hear this, you wanton creature, lounging with no cares, and saying to herself: "I am the one, and there will be none besides me; I won't live as a widow, nor will I see the loss of children.'
Matthew 5:10-12
"How blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to them!
Matthew 13:21
but since he doesn't have any root in himself, he lasts for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, he immediately falls away.
Luke 12:19-20
Then I'll say to myself, "You've stored up plenty of good things for many years. Take it easy, eat, drink, and enjoy yourself."'
Luke 16:25
"But Abraham said, "My child, remember that during your lifetime you received blessings, while Lazarus received hardships. But now he is being comforted here, while you suffer.
Acts 7:24-25
When he saw one of them being mistreated, he defended him and avenged the man who was being mistreated by killing the Egyptian.
Acts 20:23-24
except that in town after town the Holy Spirit assures me that imprisonment and suffering are waiting for me.
Romans 5:3
Not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
Romans 8:17-18
Now if we are children, we are heirs heirs of God and co-heirs with the Messiah if, in fact, we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
Romans 8:35-39
Who will separate us from the Messiah's love? Can trouble, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, or a violent death do this?
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in the Messiah, he is a new creation. Old things have disappeared, and look! all things have become new!
Colossians 1:24
Now I am rejoicing while suffering for you as I complete in my flesh whatever remains of the Messiah's sufferings on behalf of his body, which is the church.
2 Thessalonians 1:3-6
Brothers, at all times we are obligated to thank God for you. It is right to do this because your faith is growing all the time and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.
2 Timothy 1:8
Therefore, never be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, his prisoner. Instead, by God's power, join me in suffering for the sake of the gospel.
2 Timothy 2:3-10
Join me in suffering like a good soldier of the Messiah Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:11-12
and how I was persecuted and suffered in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
Hebrews 4:9
There remains, therefore, a Sabbath rest for the people of God to keep,
Hebrews 10:32
But you must continue to remember those earlier days, how after you were enlightened you endured a hard and painful struggle.
Hebrews 11:37
They were stoned to death, sawed in half, and killed with swords. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins. They were needy, oppressed, and mistreated.
James 1:20
For human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
James 5:5
You have lived in luxury and pleasure on earth. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
1 Peter 1:6-7
You greatly rejoice in this, even though you have to suffer various kinds of trials for a little while,
1 Peter 2:10
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God. Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1 Peter 4:12-16
Dear friends, do not be surprised by the fiery ordeal that is taking place among you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
Revelation 18:7
Just as she glorified herself and lived in luxury, inflict on her just as much torture and misery. In her heart she says, "I am a queen on a throne, not a widow. I will never see misery.'