Mark 4:17
And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Then [when] affliction or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.
Matthew 11:6
And whoever is not offended by me is blessed."
Matthew 12:31
For this [reason] I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven!
Job 19:28
"If you say, 'How will we persecute him?' And 'The root of the trouble is found' in me,
Job 27:8-10
for what [is the] hope of [the] godless when he cuts [them] off, when God takes away his life?
Matthew 13:21
But he does not have a root in himself, but {lasts only a little while}, and [when] affliction or persecution happens because of the word, immediately he falls away.
Matthew 24:9-10
"Then they will hand you over to persecution and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations because of my name.
Mark 4:5-6
And other [seed] fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up at once, because it did not have [any] depth of soil.
Luke 12:10
And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him, but to the one who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven.
John 8:31
Then Jesus said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you continue in my word you are truly my disciples,
John 15:2-7
Every branch that does not bear fruit in me, he removes it, and every [branch] that bears fruit, he prunes it in order that it may bear more fruit.
1 Corinthians 10:12-13
Therefore, the one who thinks that he stands must watch out lest he fall.
Galatians 6:12
As many as are wanting to make a good showing in the flesh, these are attempting to compel you to be circumcised, only so that they will not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 3:3-5
[so that] no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For [you] yourselves know that we are appointed for this,
2 Timothy 1:15
You know this, that all those in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes.
2 Timothy 2:17-18
and their message {will spread} like gangrene, among whom are Hymenaeus and Philetus,
2 Timothy 4:10
For Demas deserted me, [because he] loved the present age, and went to Thessalonica. Crescens [went] to Galatia; Titus [went] to Dalmatia.
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first defense, no one came to my [aid], but [they] all deserted me; may it not be counted against them.
Hebrews 10:29
How much worse punishment do you think the person will be considered worthy of who treats with disdain the Son of God and who considers ordinary the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy and who insults the Spirit of grace?
1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us. But [they went out], in order that it might be shown that all of them are not of us.
Revelation 2:10
Do not be afraid of [the things] which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw [some] of you into prison so that you may be tested, and you will experience affliction ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Revelation 2:13
'I know where you live, where the throne of Satan [is]. And you hold fast to my name and did not deny your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan lives.