Bible Verses About Afflictions: Often arise from the profession of the gospel

Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall put you to death: and you shall be hated by all nations for my name's sake.

But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake: because they know not him that sent me.

Persecutions, afflictions: such as came upon me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra: what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord delivered me.

And all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.