Matthew 5:10-12
"Those persons who have suffered for trying to do what is right will be blessed because the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Matthew 21:35
But the tenant farmers took the farm owner's slaves and beat one, killed another and stoned another.
Matthew 23:34-37
Therefore look, I am sending to you prophets, wise men and scholarly teachers. You will murder and crucify some of them; you will whip some of them in your synagogues and pursue them from town to town.
Acts 4:3
So, these [Jewish] leaders arrested Peter and John and put them in jail until the next day because it was [already] evening.
Acts 5:18
and arrested the apostles and put them in jail.
Acts 5:40
And so the Council agreed [with Gamaliel's advice] and when they called the apostles back in, they had them beaten and ordered them never to speak in the name of Jesus [again]; then they released them.
Acts 7:52
Which one of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? They [even] killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One [i.e., Jesus], whom you people betrayed and murdered.
Acts 16:22-24
Then the large crowd began attacking them, and the city officials had their clothes ripped off and ordered them to be beaten.
Hebrews 11:36-37
And [still] others experienced mockings and floggings, and were even chained up and put in prison.
Revelation 2:10
Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. [For] look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, so that you may be tested, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. [But], you should be faithful [to God] even to the point of dying [for Him], and I will give you the crown of [never ending] life.
Revelation 17:6
And I saw that the woman was drunk on the blood of God's holy people and on the blood of those [who were killed] witnessing about Jesus. And when I saw her I was greatly amazed.