Mark 13:9
Be on guard for they will deliver you up to courts. You will be beaten in the meeting places. You will be taken before governors and kings for a testimony to them for my sake.
Matthew 10:17-18
Beware of men! They will take you to court! They will have you beaten in their meeting places.
Mark 13:5
Jesus warned them: Take heed that no man lead you astray.
Matthew 23:34-37
Look! I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will torture and kill. Others you will torment and persecute from city to city.
Matthew 24:9-10
People will cause you tribulation, and kill you. You will be hated by all the nations for my name's sake.
Mark 1:44
Do not talk to anyone along the way. Take the offering the Law of Moses requires for those healed of leprosy. That way everyone will have proof of your healing.
Mark 6:11
When someone will not listen to you leave that house and shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony to the householder.
Luke 9:5
If someone does not receive you, when you leave the city, shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against that person.
Luke 21:16-18
Parent, brothers and sisters and friends will turn you over and cause you to be put to death.
John 15:20
Remember the word I said to you. A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours also.
John 16:2
They will throw you out of the synagogues. Yes, the hour comes that whoever kills you will think that he offered service to God.
Acts 4:1-21
As they spoke to the people, the chief priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came to them.
Acts 5:17-40
Then the high priest rose up, and all those of the sect of the Sadducees who were with him were filled with zeal (indignation).
Acts 6:11-15
They secretly induced me to say: We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.
Acts 7:54-3
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart. They gnashed their teeth at him.
Acts 9:1-2
Saul was still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord. He went to the high priest.
Acts 9:13-14
Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your holy ones at Jerusalem.
Acts 9:16
I will show him plainly how many things he must suffer for my name.
Acts 12:1-3
At that time Herod the king mistreated those of the congregation.
Acts 16:20-24
They took them to the magistrates and said: These men, being Jews, cause great trouble in our city.
Acts 21:11
Coming to us he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands. He said: The Holy Spirit says, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this belt, and shall deliver him into the hands of the nations.
Acts 21:31-40
They were seeking to kill him when tidings came to the military commander of the band that all Jerusalem was in confusion.
Acts 22:19-20
I answered, 'Lord they know very well that I went to the synagogues and arrested and beat those who believe in you.
Acts 23:1-2
Paul looked straight at the Council and said: Fellow Israelites! My conscience is perfectly clear about the way in which I have lived before God to this very day.
Acts 24:1-9
After five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders. They brought an orator, Tertullus, who made a statement to the governor against Paul.
Acts 25:1-26
Three days after arriving in the province Festus ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
1 Corinthians 4:9-13
For I think that God has placed us apostles last as men appointed to death. We are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.
2 Corinthians 11:23-27
Are they ministers of Christ? I speak as a fool. I am more in labors more abundant, beaten beyond number, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.
Philippians 1:29
It has been granted to you in behalf of Christ. Not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf.
2 Thessalonians 1:5
All of this proves that God's judgment is just, and as a result, you will become worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering.
Revelation 1:9
I, John, your brother and companion in tribulation and kingdom and perseverance (patience) of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 2:10
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The devil (false accuser) (Devil) is about to throw you into prison, that you may be tested. You will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful even if you must die, and I will give you the crown of life.
Revelation 2:13
I know where you live and where the throne of Satan is. You cling to my name and have not denied my faith, even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness. He was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
Revelation 6:9-11
When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the persons who were slaughtered because of the word of God, and for the witness they gave.