Matthew 5:25

5:25 Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison.

Matthew 10:23

10:23 Whenever they persecute you in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

Matthew 13:21

13:21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.