Matthew 7:14
For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.
Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
Proverbs 4:26-27
Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure.
Proverbs 8:20
I walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice,
Isaiah 30:21
And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, "This is the way, walk in it," when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
Isaiah 35:8
And a highway shall be there, and it shall be called the Way of Holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it. It shall belong to those who walk on the way; even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.
Isaiah 57:14
And it shall be said, "Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstruction from my people's way."
Jeremiah 6:16
Thus says the LORD: "Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.'
Matthew 16:24-25
Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Matthew 20:16
So the last will be first, and the first last."
Matthew 22:14
For many are called, but few are chosen."
Matthew 25:1-12
"Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
Mark 8:34
And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Luke 12:32
"Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Luke 13:23-30
And someone said to him, "Lord, will those who are saved be few?" And he said to them,
John 15:18-20
"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
John 16:33
I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."
Romans 9:27-29
And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will be saved,
Romans 9:32
Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if it were based on works. They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,
Romans 11:5-6
So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.
Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Ephesians 2:2-3
in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience--
1 Thessalonians 3:2-5
and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,
1 Peter 3:20-21
because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water.