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 that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
• Exod 34:6And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
• Job 1:21–22And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
• 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.
• Isa 55:6–7Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
• Matt 5:10–11Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Job 42:10–17And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
• 2 Pet 2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
• Ps 86:15But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
• Job 2:10But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
• Num 14:18The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
• 1 Pet 1:13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
• Lam 3:22It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
• Ps 103:8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
• Luke 6:36Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
• Job 13:15–16Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
• 1 Pet 1:6–7Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
• Heb 10:39But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
• Mic 7:18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
• Dan 9:18–19O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
• Eph 2:4But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
• Heb 3:14For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
• 1 Chr 21:13And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
• Luke 1:50And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
• Ps 25:6–7Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.
• Ps 119:132Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
• Eph 1:6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
• Eccl 7:8Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
• Ps 136:1–26O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
• Neh 9:17And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.
• Jonah 4:2And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
• Heb 3:6But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
• Ps 103:13Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
• Ps 116:5Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.
• 2 Chr 30:9For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him.
• Ps 37:37Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
• Job 1:2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
• Ps 78:38But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
• Joel 2:13And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
• Ps 86:5For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.

Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Greek word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.