Matthew 24:22
And if those days had not been cut short, nobody would have escaped, but for the sake of God's chosen people those days will be cut short.
James 5:10-11
As an example of ill-treatment and patience, brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord.
Revelation 7:14
I answered him, "You know, my lord." He said to me: "These are the people who are coming through the great persecution, who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 21:4
and He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no death any longer, no sorrow, no crying, no pain. The first order of things has passed away."
Luke 13:34
"O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! The city that continues to murder the prophets, and to stone those who are sent to her, how often I have yearned to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings. But you refused!
John 16:20
I most solemnly say to you, you will weep and wail, but the world will be glad; you will grieve but your grief will be turned into gladness.