2 Timothy 3:11-12
sufferings, which befel me at Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and how the Lord delivered me out of them all.
John 16:33
These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have trouble: but be of good courage, I have overcome the world.
Acts 14:22
confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and telling them that through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God.
2 Corinthians 4:7-12
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power might be evidently of God, and not of us:
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our short and light affliction is working out for us an infinite and eternal weight of glory, as we aim not at the things which are visible, but invisible:
2 Corinthians 11:23-27
so am I: are they ministers of Christ? (if I may speak as a fool) I am more: in labors more abundant, in stripes far exceeding, in prisons more frequently, and often even in deaths.
1 Thessalonians 3:3-4
that no one might be shaken by these afflictions: for ye yourselves know that we are appointed hereunto.
Hebrews 11:33-38
who by faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
James 5:10-11
Take for an example of enduring evil and of long-suffering the prophets, who spake in the name of the Lord.
1 Peter 4:12-13
Beloved, be not surprised at the fiery trial coming upon you, which is to try you, as if some strange thing befel you:
Revelation 7:14-17
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they who come out of great affliction, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.