Mark 4:17
but it does not take real root in them, and so they last only a little while; then when trouble or persecution comes on account of the truth, they at once fall by the way.
Matthew 11:6
And happy is the man who finds no cause for stumbling over me."
Matthew 12:31
So I tell you, every sin and all abusive speech will be forgiven men, but abuse against the Spirit cannot be forgiven.
Matthew 13:21
but it takes no real root in him, and he lasts only a little while, and just as soon as suffering and persecution come for the truth's sake, he at once yields and falls.
Matthew 24:9-10
At that time they will turn you over to torture, and will murder you, and you will be hated by all the heathen, because you bear my name.
Mark 4:5-6
Some fell upon rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up at once, because the soil was not deep;
Luke 12:10
And anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but no one who speaks abusively about the Holy Spirit will be forgiven.
John 8:31
So Jesus said to the Jews who believed in Him, "If you live in accordance with what I teach, you are really my disciples,
John 15:2-7
He cuts away any branch on me that stops bearing fruit, and He repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more.
1 Corinthians 10:12-13
So the man who thinks he stands securely must be on the lookout not to fall.
Galatians 6:12
These men who are trying to force you to let yourselves be circumcised simply want to make a fine outward show, only to keep you from being persecuted for the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 3:3-5
so that none of you might be deceived amid these difficulties. For you knew yourselves that this is our appointed lot,
2 Timothy 1:15
You know that everyone here who belongs to the Roman province of Asia has deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
2 Timothy 2:17-18
and their message will spread like a cancer; men like Hymenaeus and Philetus,
2 Timothy 4:10
for Demas has forsaken me because he loved the present world, and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia;
2 Timothy 4:16
When I first defended myself at court, nobody came to help me, but everybody deserted me. May it never be charged to their account.
Hebrews 10:29
How much severer punishment do you suppose that one deserves who tramples the Son of God underfoot, and counts as a common thing the blood of the covenant by which he was consecrated, and has insulted the Spirit that grants God's unmerited favor?
1 John 2:19
They have gone out from our own number, but they did not really belong to us; for if they had, they would have stayed with us. It was to show that none of those who went out really belonged to us.
Revelation 2:10
Do not be so afraid of what you are to suffer. See! The devil is going to throw some of you into prison to be tested there and for ten days to suffer pressing troubles. Each one of you must prove to be faithful, even if you have to die, and I will give you the crown of life.
Revelation 2:13
"I know where you live, where Satan has his throne. Yet you are clinging to my name and have never renounced your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful martyred witness, who was put to death among you, right where Satan lives,