Psalms 41:9
41:9 Even my close friend whom I trusted,
he who shared meals with me, has turned against me.
Micah 7:5-6
7:5 Do not rely on a friend;
do not trust a companion!
Don’t even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!
7:6 For a son thinks his father is a fool,
a daughter challenges her mother,
and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law;
a man’s enemies are his own servants.
John 7:41-43
7:41 Others said, “This is the Christ!”
But still others said, “No,
for the Christ doesn’t come from Galilee, does he?
7:42 Don’t the scriptures say that the Christ is
a descendant of David and
comes from Bethlehem,
the village where David lived?”
7:43 So there was a division in the crowd
because of Jesus.
John 9:16
9:16 Then some of the Pharisees began to say, “This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?” Thus there was a division among them.
John 10:19-21
10:19 Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words.
10:20 Many of them were saying, “He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?”
10:21 Others said, “These are not the words of someone possessed by a demon. A demon cannot cause the blind to see, can it?”
John 15:18-21
The World’s Hatred
15:18 “If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first.
15:19 If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.
15:20 Remember what I told you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too.
15:21 But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me.
John 16:2
16:2 They will put you out of
the synagogue,
yet a time
is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.
Acts 13:43-46
13:43 When the meeting of the synagogue
had broken up,
many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes
followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading
them
to continue
in the grace of God.
13:44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord.
13:45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they began to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him.
13:46 Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously, “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles.
Acts 14:1-4
Paul and Barnabas at Iconium
14:1 The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed.
14:2 But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
14:3 So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.
14:4 But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles.
Acts 28:24
28:24 Some were convinced
by what he said,
but others refused
to believe.