17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they relapse.
Mark 4:17 Cross References - Webster
Job 19:28
28 But ye would say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
Job 27:8-10
Matthew 11:6
6 And blessed is he to whom I shall not be the cause of his falling into sin.
Matthew 12:31
31 Wherefore I say to you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.
Matthew 13:21
21 Yet he hath not root in himself, but endureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, forthwith he is offended.
Matthew 24:9-10
Mark 4:5-6
Luke 12:10
10 And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but to him that blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven.
John 8:31
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If ye continue in my word, ye are my disciples indeed;
John 15:2-7
2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit, he cleaneth it, that it my bring forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken to you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine: no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abideth not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered: and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye may ask what ye will, and it shall be done to you.
1 Corinthians 10:12-13
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.
13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Galatians 6:12
12 As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 3:3-5
3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed to it.
4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter may have tempted you, and our labor be in vain.
2 Timothy 1:15
15 This thou knowest, that all they who are in Asia are turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
2 Timothy 2:17-18
2 Timothy 4:10
10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and hath departed to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
2 Timothy 4:16
16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
Hebrews 10:29
29 Of how much more severe punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, by which he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite to the Spirit of grace?
1 John 2:19
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
Revelation 2:10
10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful to death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
Revelation 2:13
13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.