Hebrews 11:25
choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
1 Peter 3:17
For it is better, if it be the will of God, that ye suffer for welldoing, than for evildoing.
Matthew 5:29-30
And if thy right eye cause thee to offend, pluck it out, and cast it from thee; for it is better for thee that one of thy members should perish, than that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Matthew 13:21
but, having no root within him, endureth only for a time; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth on account of the word, he immediately falleth away.
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any one chooseth to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Acts 5:40-41
And they were persuaded by him; and having called the apostles, they beat them, and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
1 Peter 4:15-16
For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a busybody in other mens matters;