Matthew 5:10
Blessed [are] those who are persecuted because of righteousness, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:3
"Blessed [are] the poor in spirit, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Luke 6:22
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and revile [you] and spurn your name as evil on account of the Son of Man.
2 Timothy 2:12
if we endure, we will also reign with [him]; if we deny [him], he also will deny us;
Psalm 37:12
[The] wicked plans [evil] against the righteous, and gnashes at him [with] his teeth.
Matthew 10:23
And whenever they persecute you in this town, flee to another, for truly I say to you, you will never finish [going through] the towns of Israel until the Son of Man comes.
Matthew 25:34
Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, [you] who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world!
Mark 10:30
{who will not} receive a hundred times as much now in this time--houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, together with persecutions--and in the age to come, eternal life.
Luke 6:20
And he lifted up his eyes to his disciples [and] said, "Blessed [are] the poor, because yours is the kingdom of God.
Luke 21:12
"But before all these [things], they will lay their hands on you and will persecute [you], handing [you] over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.
John 15:20
Remember the word that I said to you: 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
Acts 5:40
And they summoned the apostles, beat [them], commanded [them] not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released [them].
Acts 8:1
And Saul was agreeing with his murder. Now there happened on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Romans 8:35-39
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? [Will] affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?
1 Corinthians 4:9-13
For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as condemned to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world and to angels and to people.
2 Corinthians 4:8-12
We are afflicted in every [way], but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our momentary light affliction is producing in us an eternal weight of glory {beyond all measure and proportion},
Philippians 1:28
and not letting yourselves be intimidated in anything by your opponents, which is a sign of destruction to them, but of your salvation, and this from God,
2 Thessalonians 1:4-7
so that we ourselves boast in you in the churches of God about your patient endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring,
2 Timothy 3:11
persecutions, [and] sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, [and] in Lystra, what sort of persecutions I endured, and the Lord delivered me from all [of them].
James 1:2-5
Consider [it] all joy, my brothers, whenever you encounter various trials,
James 1:12
Blessed [is] the person who endures testing, because [when he] is approved he will receive the crown of life that he has promised to those who love him.
1 Peter 3:13-14
And who [is] the one who will harm you if you are a zealous adherent for what is good?
1 Peter 4:12-16
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, [when it] takes place to test you, as [if] [something] strange were happening to you.
1 John 3:12
not as Cain, who was of the evil one and violently murdered his brother. And {for what reason} did he violently murder him? Because his deeds were evil and the [deeds] of his brother [were] righteous.
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.