Hebrews 11:25
choosing rather to suffer evil with the people of God, than to have an enjoyment of sin for a season;
1 Peter 3:17
For it is better, if the will of God should will it, that ye suffer for well-doing, than for evil-doing;
Matthew 5:29-30
"And, if your right eye is causing you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you; for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body be cast into Hell.
Matthew 13:21
yet he has not root in himself, but is only temporary; and, when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, straightway he stumbles.
Matthew 16:24
Then said Jesus to His disciples, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me;
Acts 5:40-41
And to him they assented; and calling the apostles to them, beating them, they charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go,
1 Peter 4:15-16
For let no one of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler in other men's matters;