Romans 5:3
And not only, but also we boast in affliction: knowing that affliction works perseverance;
James 1:2-3
Deem all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various trials;
James 1:12
Happy the man who endures temptation: for being tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to them loving him.
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
And he said to me, My grace suffices thee: for my power is perfected in weakness. Therefore very willingly will I boast rather in my weaknesses, that Christ's power may lodge upon me.
Luke 6:22-23
Happy are ye, when men hate you, and when they separate you, and reproach, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Luke 21:19
In your patience possess ye your souls.
Acts 5:41
Truly therefore they went rejoicing from the face of the council, that for his name they were deemed worthy to be dishonoured.
Romans 8:35-37
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? pressure, or perplexity, or expulsion, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
2 Corinthians 4:17
For the present moment the lightness of our pressure works to us an eternal weight of glory, as eminence upon eminence;
2 Corinthians 11:23-30
Are they Christ's servants? (I speak being light-headed) I above; in toils more abundant, in blows more excessively, in watchings more abundantly, in deaths often.
Ephesians 3:13
Wherefore I desire not to lose courage in my pressures for you, which is your glory.
Philippians 1:29
For upon you was it conferred as a favor for Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him;
Philippians 2:17-18
But if also I am poured out upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice together with you all.
Hebrews 12:10-11
For they truly for a few days, according as it seemed to them, corrected; but he for profit, in order to partake in his holiness.
1 Peter 3:14
But if ye also suffer for justice, happy are ye: be not afraid of their fear, neither be troubled;
1 Peter 4:16-17
And if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; and let him praise God in this portion.
Matthew 5:10-12
Happy they driven out for justice: for their's is the kingdom of the heavens.