Matthew 7:14
because narrow is the gate, and straitened the way that leads to life, and few there are who find it!
Acts 14:22
confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the Kingdom of God.
Matthew 16:24-25
Then said Jesus to His disciples, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me;
Matthew 20:16
So the last shall be first, and the first last.
Matthew 22:14
For many are called, but few chosen.'"
Matthew 25:1-12
"Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be likened to ten virgins, who, taking their lamps, went forth to meet the bridegroom.
Mark 8:34
And, calling the multitude to Him with His disciples, He said to them, "If any one wishes to come after Me, let him disown himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
Luke 12:32
"Fear not, little flock; because your Father delighted to give you the Kingdom.
Luke 13:23-30
And a certain one said, "Are there few who are saved?"
John 15:18-20
If the world hates you, ye know that it has hated Me before it hated you.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues; yea, an hour is coming, that every one who kills you will think that he is offering service to God.
John 16:33
These things have I spoken to you, that in Me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."
Romans 9:27-29
And Isaiah cries concerning Israel, "If the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved;"
Romans 9:32
Wherefore? because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the Stone of stumbling;
Romans 11:5-6
Even so, then, at this present time also, a remnant, according to an election of grace, has been reserved.
Romans 12:2
and he not conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.
Ephesians 2:2-3
in which ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the authority of the air, the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience;
1 Thessalonians 3:2-5
and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God in the Gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to exhort you concerning your faith;
1 Peter 3:20-21
who were once disobedient, when the long-suffering of God was waiting in the days of Noah, while an ark was being prepared, entering into which, a few, that is, eight, souls were saved through water;