Mark 4:17
But, as they have no root, they stand only for a short time; and so, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Message, they fall away at once.
Matthew 11:6
And blessed is the man who finds no hindrance in me."
Matthew 12:31
Therefore, I tell you, men will be forgiven every sin and slander; but slander against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
Matthew 13:21
But, as he has no root, he stands for only a short time; and, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Message, he falls away at once.
Matthew 24:9-10
When that time comes, they will give you up to persecution, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my Name.
Mark 4:5-6
Some fell on rocky ground, where it had not much soil, and, having no depth of soil, sprang up at once;
Luke 12:10
Every one who shall say anything against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but for him who slanders the Holy Spirit there will be no forgiveness.
John 8:31
So Jesus went on to say to those Jews who had believed him: "If you remain constant to my Message, you are truly my disciples;
John 15:2-7
Any unfruitful branch in me he takes away, and he cleanses every fruitful branch, that it may bear more fruit.
1 Corinthians 10:12-13
Therefore let the man who thinks that he stands take care that he does not fall.
Galatians 6:12
Those who wish to appear to advantage in regard to outward observances are the very people who are trying to compel you to be circumcised; and they do it only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Jesus, the Christ.
1 Thessalonians 3:3-5
So that none of you should be shaken by the troubles through which you are passing. You yourselves know that we are destined to meet with such things.
2 Timothy 1:15
You know, of course, that all our friends in Roman Asia turned their backs on me, and among them Phygellus and Hermogenes.
2 Timothy 2:17-18
and their teaching will spread like a cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are instances of this.
2 Timothy 4:10
for Demas, in his love for the world, has deserted me. He has gone to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
2 Timothy 4:16
At my first trial no one stood by me. They all deserted me. May it never be counted against them!
Hebrews 10:29
How much worse then, think you, will be the punishment deserved by those who have trampled underfoot the Son of God, who have treated the blood that rendered the Covenant valid--the very blood by which they were purified--as of no account, and who have outraged the Spirit of Love?
1 John 2:19
From us, it is true, they went out, but they had never belonged to us; for, if they had belonged to us, they would have remained among us. They left us that it might be made clear that they do not, any of them, belong to us.
Revelation 2:10
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The Devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tempted, and may undergo persecution for ten days. Be faithful even to death, and I will give you the Crown of Life.
Revelation 2:13
I know where you dwell, where the Throne of Satan stands. And yet you hold to my Name, and you did not disown my Faith even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death among you where Satan dwells.