James 1:17

Modern English Version

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no change or shadow of turning.

Cross References

Genesis 41:16

Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me. God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”

1 Chronicles 22:12

Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding and give you charge over Israel so you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

1 Chronicles 29:19

Grant to Solomon my son a whole heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies, and Your statutes, to do all these things and to build the palace for which I have made preparation.”

Psalm 102:27

But You are the same, and Your years will have no end.

Psalm 122:6

Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May they prosper who love you.

Psalm 136:7

to Him who made the great lights, for His mercy endures forever;

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 85:12

Yes, the Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.

Proverbs 2:6

For the Lord gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding;

Isaiah 28:26

For his God instructs and teaches him appropriately.

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light and create darkness; I make peace and create calamity; I, the Lord, do all these things.

Isaiah 46:10

declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, “My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My good pleasure,”

Isaiah 60:19

The sun shall no longer be your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you; but the Lord shall be an everlasting light to you and your God for your glory.

Malachi 3:6

For I am the Lord, I do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

Numbers 11:17

And I will come down, and I will speak with you there, and I will take of the Spirit which is on you and will put it on them, and they will bear the burden of the people with you, and you will not bear it by yourself.

Numbers 11:25

And the Lord came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and gave it to the seventy elders, and when the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but did not do it again.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He spoken, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

Matthew 7:11

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Luke 11:13

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?”

John 1:9

The true Light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world.

John 3:27

John answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

John 8:12

Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.”

Acts 11:18

When they heard these things, they were silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then God has granted to the Gentiles also repentance unto life.”

Acts 5:31

God exalted this Man to His right hand to be a Ruler and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who makes you differ from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you received it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?

2 Corinthians 4:6

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Ephesians 1:18

that the eyes of your understanding may be enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance among the saints,

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not of yourselves. It is the gift of God,

Deuteronomy 4:19

And beware, lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, you are led astray and worship them, and serve them, that which the Lord your God has allotted to all nations under the whole heaven.

Philippians 1:29

For to you it was granted on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

1 Timothy 6:16

He alone has immortality, living in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen, nor can see. To Him be honor and everlasting power. Amen.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.

James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all men liberally and without criticism, and it will be given to him.

James 3:15

This wisdom descends not from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, and devilish.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.

1 John 1:5

This then is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.

1 John 4:10

In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Revelation 21:23

The city has no need of sun or moon to shine in it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Revelation 22:5

Night shall be no more. They need no lamp nor the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.

1 Samuel 15:29

Also the Strength of Israel will not lie or repent, for He is not a man, that He should repent.”