Hebrews 11:25
choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin's fleeting pleasure.
Job 20:5
that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
Job 36:21
Take heed, do not turn to evil, for because of this you have been tested by affliction.
Psalm 84:10
Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.
Job 21:11-13
They allow their children to run like a flock; their little ones dance about.
Psalm 47:9
The nobles of the nations assemble, along with the people of the God of Abraham, for God has authority over the rulers of the earth. He is highly exalted!
Psalm 73:18-20
Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin.
Isaiah 21:4
My heart palpitates, I shake in fear; the twilight I desired has brought me terror.
Isaiah 47:8-9
So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, who lives securely, who says to herself, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me! I will never have to live as a widow; I will never lose my children.'
Matthew 5:10-12
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Matthew 13:21
But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.
Luke 12:19-20
And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"'
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.
Acts 7:24-25
When he saw one of them being hurt unfairly, Moses came to his defense and avenged the person who was mistreated by striking down the Egyptian.
Acts 20:23-24
except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.
Romans 5:3
Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
Romans 8:17-18
And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) -- if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him.
Romans 8:35-39
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
2 Corinthians 5:17
So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away -- look, what is new has come!
Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body -- for the sake of his body, the church -- what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.
2 Thessalonians 1:3-6
We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.
2 Timothy 1:8
So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God's power accept your share of suffering for the gospel.
2 Timothy 2:3-10
Take your share of suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:11-12
as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.
Hebrews 4:9
Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.
Hebrews 10:32
But remember the former days when you endured a harsh conflict of suffering after you were enlightened.
Hebrews 11:37
They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
James 1:20
For human anger does not accomplish God's righteousness.
James 5:5
You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
1 Peter 1:6-7
This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.
1 Peter 2:10
You once were not a people, but now you are God's people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.
1 Peter 4:12-16
Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you.
Revelation 18:7
As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, 'I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!'