Hebrews 11:25
choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasure of sin for a season;
1 Peter 3:17
For it is better, doing good, if the will of the Lord should will it, to suffer, rather than doing evil.
Matthew 5:29-30
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable to thee that one of thy members may perish, and not that thy whole body may go away into hell.
Matthew 13:21
but it has no root in him, but is temporary; and tribulation or persecution arising on account of the word, immediately he is offended.
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to His disciples, If any one wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Acts 5:40-41
And they obeyed him, and having called the apostles, beating them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and sent them away.
1 Peter 4:15-16
But let no one of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a meddler in other people's business: