Matthew 5:10-12
"Blessed are those who have borne persecution in the cause of Righteousness, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens.
Matthew 10:22
And you will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name; but he who holds out to the End--he will be saved.
John 9:34
"You," they replied, "were wholly begotten and born in sin, and do *you* teach *us*?" And they put him out of the synagogue.
John 15:18-20
If the world hates you, remember that it has first had me as the fixed object of its hatred.
Luke 6:22-23
"Blessed are you when men shall hate you and exclude you from their society and insult you, and spurn your very names as evil things, for the Son of Man's sake.
Luke 13:17
When He had said this, all His opponents were ashamed, while the whole multitude was delighted at the many glorious things continually done by Him.
John 16:2
You will be excluded from the synagogues; nay more, the time is coming when any one who has murdered one of you will suppose he is offering service to God.
Acts 2:33-47
"Being therefore lifted high by the mighty hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out this which you see and hear.
Acts 26:9-10
"I myself, however, thought it a duty to do many things in hostility to the name of Jesus, the Nazarene.
1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
Those Jewish persecutors killed both the Lord Jesus and the Prophets, and drove us out of their midst. They are displeasing to God, and are the enemies of all mankind;
2 Thessalonians 1:6-10
A plain token of God's righteous judgement, I say, since it is a righteous thing for Him to requite with affliction those who are now afflicting you;
Titus 2:13
in expectation of the fulfilment of our blessed hope--the Appearing in glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
Hebrews 9:28
so the Christ also, having been once offered in sacrifice in order that He might bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, separated from sin, to those who are eagerly expecting Him, to make their salvation complete.
1 Peter 4:12-14
Dear friends, do not be surprised at finding that that scorching flame of persecution is raging among you to put you to the test--as though some surprising thing were accidentally happening to you.
1 John 3:13
Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you.