A. Suffering persecution in last days:

MAT 24:9. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

MAT 24:10. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

MAR 13:12. Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

MAR 13:13. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

LUK 21:12. But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

LUK 21:16. And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

LUK 21:17. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.

2TIM 3:1. This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

2TIM 3:2. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

2TIM 3:3. Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

B. Persecution during the great tribulation:

MAT 24:21. For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

MAT 24:22. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

MAR 13:19. For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.

DAN 11:33. And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.

DAN 11:34. Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.

DAN 11:35. And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.

REV 12:12. Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

REV 12:13. And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

REV 12:17. And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

REV 13:7. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

REV 13:15. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

REV 20:4. And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

DEU 4:30. When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;

DEU 4:31. (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

C. Tribulation saints greatly rewarded:

REV 7:13. And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

REV 7:14. And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

REV 7:15. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

REV 7:16. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

REV 7:17. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.