Matthew 7:14
because strait is the gate, and narrow the road, which leadeth to life, and they are but a few who find it.
Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the brethren, exhorting them to abide firm in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must pass into the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 16:24-25
Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Matthew 20:16
Thus shall the last be first, and the first last; for many are called, but the elect are few.
Matthew 22:14
For many are called, but few elect.
Matthew 25:1-12
THEN shall the kingdom of heaven be like to ten virgins, who taking their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Mark 8:34
Then calling to him the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
Luke 12:32
Fear not, little flock! for your Father takes delight in giving you the kingdom.
Luke 13:23-30
And a person said to him, Lord, are the saved few? And he said unto them,
John 15:18-20
If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before you.
John 16:2
They will put you out of their synagogues: yea, the hour is coming, that every one who killeth you will think he offers God a sacred service.
John 16:33
These things have I spoken to you, that ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good courage; I have overcome the world.
Romans 9:27-29
But Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, "Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
Romans 9:32
And why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as by the works of the law. For they stumbled against that stone of stumbling;
Romans 11:5-6
So then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace.
Romans 12:2
And be not conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renovation of your mind, that you may prove by experience what is the will of God, that is good, acceptable, and perfect.
Ephesians 2:2-3
wherein in times past ye walked after the fashion of this world, after the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now worketh with energy in the children of disobedience:
1 Thessalonians 3:2-5
and sent Timothy our brother, and a minister of God, and our fellow-labourer in the gospel of Christ, that he might stablish you, and comfort you concerning your faith:
1 Peter 3:20-21
who in time of old were disobedient, when the long suffering of God in the days of Noe waited, while the ark was preparing, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were preserved through the water.