James 1:12

The one who endures testing is blessed and will receive the crown of life God promised to those who love Him. Faithful perseverance is richly rewarded.

Cross-references · 40

• 1 Pet 5:10And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.
• 1 Pet 1:6–8In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
• Rev 2:10Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
• Jas 5:11See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
• Rom 8:28And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
• Matt 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
• 1 Cor 9:25Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
• 2 Tim 4:8From now on there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but to all who crave His appearing.
• Jas 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
• 1 Pet 3:14But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
• Jas 1:2–4Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
• 1 Pet 5:4And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away.
• 1 Cor 2:9Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
• Deut 8:2Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
• Zech 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
• Prov 3:11–12My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
• Prov 17:3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
• Rev 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
• Rev 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
• 1 Cor 8:3But the one who loves God is known by God.
• Rom 2:7–10To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
• 1 Pet 4:13But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
• Heb 10:32Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.
• Deut 13:3you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
• Ps 119:71It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
• Deut 7:9Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
• Heb 6:15And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.
• Ps 119:67Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
• Neh 1:5Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
• Job 5:17Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
• Ps 5:11But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.
• Matt 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
• Matt 19:28–29Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• Ps 119:75I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
• 1 Jn 4:19We love because He first loved us.
• Heb 11:17By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,
• Luke 22:28–30You are the ones who have stood by Me in My trials.
• Heb 12:5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
• Exod 20:6but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
• Mal 3:2–3But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like a launderer’s soap.

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