James 5:11

We count those who endured blessed, as Job's perseverance shows God's compassionate purpose. Endurance leads to seeing the Lord's mercy in the end.

Cross-references · 40

• Jas 1:12Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
• Exod 34:6Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
• Job 1:21–22saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
• Matt 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
• Isa 55:6–7Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
• Matt 5:10–11Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Job 42:10–17After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
• 2 Pet 2:9if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
• Ps 86:15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
• Job 2:10“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
• Num 14:18‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’
• 1 Pet 1:13Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
• Lam 3:22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
• Ps 103:8The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.
• Luke 6:36Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
• Job 13:15–16Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
• 1 Pet 1:6–7In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
• Heb 10:39But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
• Mic 7:18Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
• Dan 9:18–19Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
• Eph 2:4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
• Heb 3:14We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
• 1 Chr 21:13David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great; but do not let me fall into the hands of men.”
• Luke 1:50His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
• Ps 25:6–7Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.
• Ps 119:132Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
• Eph 1:6to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
• Eccl 7:8The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.
• Ps 136:1–26Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever.
• Neh 9:17They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
• Jonah 4:2So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
• Heb 3:6But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
• Ps 103:13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
• Ps 116:5The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
• 2 Chr 30:9For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”
• Ps 37:37Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
• Job 1:2He had seven sons and three daughters,
• Ps 78:38And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
• Joel 2:13So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
• Ps 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

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