Matthew 13:21
but since he doesn't have any root in himself, he lasts for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, he immediately falls away.
Matthew 11:6
How blessed is anyone who is not offended by me!"
Hosea 6:4
"What am I to do with you, Ephraim? What am I to do with you, Judah? Your love is like a morning rain cloud it passes away like the morning dew.
Job 19:28
"When you're thinking about asking yourselves, "How will we pursue him, since the root of the problem is with him?'
Job 27:8-10
For where is the hope of the godless when he is eliminated; when God takes away his life?
Psalm 36:3
The words from his mouth are vain and deceptive. He has abandoned behaving wisely and doing good.
Proverbs 12:3
A person doesn't gain security by wickedness, but the righteous won't be uprooted.
Proverbs 12:12
The wicked desires what evil people gain, but the foundation of the righteous is productive.
Matthew 5:10-12
"How blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to them!
Matthew 7:22-23
Many will say to me on that day, "Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name, drove out demons in your name, and performed many miracles in your name, didn't we?'
Matthew 7:26-27
"Everyone who keeps on hearing these messages of mine and never puts them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
Matthew 10:22
You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the person who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 10:37-39
"The one who loves his father or mother more than me isn't worthy of me, and the one who loves a son or daughter more than me isn't worthy of me.
Matthew 13:6
But when the sun came up, they were scorched. Since they did not have any roots, they dried up.
Matthew 13:57
And they were offended by him.
Matthew 16:24-26
Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continuously.
Matthew 24:9-10
"Then they'll hand you over to suffer and will kill you, and you'll be hated by all the nations because of my name.
Matthew 24:13
But the person who endures to the end will be saved.
Matthew 26:31
Then Jesus told them, "All of you will turn against me this very night, because it is written, "I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
Matthew 26:33
But Peter told him, "Even if everyone else turns against you, I certainly won't!"
Mark 4:17
but since they don't have any roots, they last for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, they immediately fall away.
Mark 8:34-36
Then Jesus called the crowd to himself along with his disciples and told them, "If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross, and follow me continuously,
Mark 13:12-13
Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rebel against their parents and have them put to death.
Luke 8:13
The ones on the stony ground are the people who joyfully welcome the word when they hear it. But since they don't have any roots, they believe for a while, but in a time of testing they fall away.
Luke 9:23-25
Then he told all of them, "If anyone wants to come with me, he must deny himself, pick up his cross every day, and follow me continuously,
Luke 14:26-33
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as his own life, he can't be my disciple.
Luke 21:12-18
"But before all these things take place, people will arrest you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
John 6:26
Jesus replied to them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you are looking for me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate the loaves and were completely satisfied.
John 6:61-65
But Jesus, knowing within himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, asked them, "Does this offend you?
John 6:70-71
Jesus answered them, "I chose you, the Twelve, didn't I? Yet one of you is a devil."
John 12:25-26
The one who loves his life will destroy it, and the one who hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.
John 15:5-7
I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who abides in me while I abide in him produces much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing.
Acts 8:21-23
You have no part or share in what we're saying, because your heart isn't right with God.
Romans 2:7
eternal life to those who strive for glory, honor, and immortality by patiently doing good;
Galatians 5:6
for in union with the Messiah Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. What matters is faith expressed through love.
Galatians 6:12
These people who want to impress others by their external appearance are trying to force you to be circumcised, simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of the Messiah.
Galatians 6:15
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision matters. Rather, what matters is being a new creation.
Ephesians 3:17
and that the Messiah would make his home in your hearts through faith. Then, having been rooted and grounded in love,
Philippians 1:6
I am convinced of this, that the one who began a good action among you will bring it to completion by the Day of the Messiah Jesus.
2 Timothy 1:15
You know that everyone in Asia has abandoned me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
2 Timothy 4:10
because Demas, having fallen in love with this present world, has abandoned me and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia.
Hebrews 10:35-39
So don't lose your confidence, since it holds a great reward for you.
1 Peter 1:5
Through faith you are being protected by God's power for a salvation that is ready to be revealed at the end of this era.
2 Peter 1:8-9
For if you possess these qualities, and if they continue to increase among you, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in attaining a full knowledge of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah.
1 John 2:19-20
They left us, but they were not part of us, for if they had been part of us, they would have stayed with us. Their leaving made it clear that none of them was really part of us.
Revelation 2:13
"I know where you live. Satan's throne is there. Yet you hold on to my name and have not denied your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was killed in your presence, where Satan lives.