James 5:7

Believers are to be patient until the Lord's coming, like a farmer awaiting the harvest. Endurance now looks forward to certain future reward.

Cross-references · 25

• Heb 12:1–3Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
• Jas 5:8–9You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
• Joel 2:23Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.
• Gal 6:9Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
• Deut 11:14then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.
• Col 1:11being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have full endurance and patience, and joyfully
• 2 Cor 6:4–5Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
• Rom 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
• Heb 6:15And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.
• Jer 5:24They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’
• Gal 5:5But by faith we eagerly await through the Spirit the hope of righteousness.
• Rom 8:24–25For in this hope we were saved; but hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he can already see?
• Hos 6:3So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
• Matt 24:44For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.
• 1 Th 2:19After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
• 1 Th 3:13so that He may establish your hearts in blamelessness and holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. Amen.
• Rom 15:4For everything that was written in the past was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures, we might have hope.
• Luke 18:8I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
• Matt 24:27For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
• Luke 8:15But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
• Luke 21:27At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
• Zech 10:1Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.
• 2 Pet 3:4“Where is the promise of His coming?” they will ask. “Ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything continues as it has from the beginning of creation.”
• 1 Th 1:3and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Cor 1:7Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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