Matthew 7:14
Narrow is the gate and difficult is the way to life. Only a few put forth the effort. Yes, only a few people enter the narrow gate.
Acts 14:22
They strengthened the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith. They said, We must enter the kingdom of God through much tribulation.
Proverbs 4:26-27
Ponder the path of your feet. Let all your ways be established (firm).
Proverbs 8:20
I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
Isaiah 30:21
You will hear a voice behind you say: This is the way. Walk in it, whether it turns to the right or to the left.
Isaiah 35:8
There will be a highway there, called: The Road of Holiness. No sinner will ever travel that road. No fools will mislead those who follow it.
Isaiah 57:14
One will say: 'Heap it up! Heap it up! Prepare the way; Take the stumbling block out of the way of my people.'
Jeremiah 6:16
Jehovah says: Stand by the way [of life] and see and ask for the ancient paths. Walk in the good way and you will find rest. But you said: We will not walk in it!
Matthew 16:24-25
Then Jesus told his disciples: If any man wants to follow me (be mine), let him deny (disown) himself, and take up his stake and follow me (Greek: akoloutheo moi, let him be following me) (accompany me) (be in the same way with me).
Matthew 20:16
So the last will be first, and the first last.
Matthew 22:14
Many are called, but few chosen.
Matthew 25:1-12
The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
Mark 8:34
He then spoke to both his disciples and the crowd. He said: If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his stake and follow me.
Luke 12:32
Do not fear little flock for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Luke 13:23-30
Someone asked him, Will only a few people be saved? Jesus answered them:
John 15:18-20
If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you.
John 16:2
They will throw you out of the synagogues. Yes, the hour comes that whoever kills you will think that he offered service to God.
John 16:33
I spoke to you that in me you might have peace. In the world you have tribulation. Be of good cheer for I have conquered the world!
Romans 9:27-29
Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: Should the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant shall be saved.
Romans 9:32
Why? It is because it was not based on the principle of faith, but on that of works. They have stumbled at the stumbling stone.
Romans 11:5-6
Even so at this present time there is a remnant chosen according to God's grace.
Romans 12:2
Do not be conformed to this world (religious, social, political, and economic arrangement). But be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Prove what is the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God.
Ephesians 2:2-3
You once walked according to the course of this world, according to the ruler of the power (authority and jurisdiction) of the air, the spirit that is now active in the sons of disobedience.
1 Thessalonians 3:2-5
So we sent Timothy, our brother and God's fellow worker in the good news of Christ. He came to strengthen and encourage you concerning your faith.
1 Peter 3:20-21
They were disobedient while the ark was being built. Yet God waited patiently in the days of Noah. But few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.