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 5:10But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
• 1 Pet 1:6–8Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
• Rev 2:10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
• Jas 5:11Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
• Rom 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
• Matt 10:22And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
• 1 Cor 9:25And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
• 2 Tim 4:8Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
• Jas 2:5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• 1 Pet 3:14But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
• Jas 1:2–4My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
• 1 Pet 5:4And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
• 1 Cor 2:9But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
• Deut 8:2And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
• Zech 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God.
• Prov 3:11–12My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
• Prov 17:3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts.
• Rev 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
• Rev 3:21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
• 1 Cor 8:3But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
• Rom 2:7–10To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
• 1 Pet 4:13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
• Heb 10:32But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
• Deut 13:3Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
• Ps 119:71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
• Deut 7:9Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
• Heb 6:15And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
• Ps 119:67Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
• Neh 1:5And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
• Job 5:17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
• Ps 5:11But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
• Matt 25:34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Matt 19:28–29And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
• Ps 119:75I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
• 1 Jn 4:19We love him, because he first loved us.
• Heb 11:17By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
• Luke 22:28–30Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.
• Heb 12:5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
• Exod 20:6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
• Mal 3:2–3But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:

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