James 5:11

Modern English Version

Behold, we consider them blessed who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the purpose of the Lord, that the Lord is very gracious and merciful.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 21:13

David replied to Gad, “I am in great distress. Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for His mercies are very great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man.”

2 Chronicles 30:9

Because if you return to the Lord, your brothers and children will find compassion before those who have taken them captive, in order to return you to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn His face from you if you all return to Him.”

Nehemiah 9:17

They refused to obey and were not mindful of Your wonders that You performed among them. But they hardened their necks and in their rebellion appointed a leader to return to their bondage. But You are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in kindness, and did not forsake them.

Nehemiah 9:31

Nevertheless, for the sake of Your abundant mercy, You did not completely destroy them or forsake them. Indeed, You are a gracious and merciful God.

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, fearing God and avoiding evil.

Job 1:2

Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

Job 2:10

He said to her, “You talk like one of the foolish women talks. Will we indeed accept the good from God but not accept the adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Job 23:10

But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

Psalm 103:13

As a father pities his children, so the Lord pities those who fear Him.

Psalm 103:8

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in mercy.

Psalm 116:5

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful.

Psalm 119:132

Look upon me and be merciful to me, as is Your manner toward those who love Your name.

Psalm 145:8

The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy.

Psalm 37:37

Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

Psalm 51:1

Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; according to the abundance of Your compassion, blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 78:38

But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger, and did not stir up all His wrath;

Psalm 86:15

But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abundant in mercy and truth.

Psalm 86:5

For You, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in mercy to all who call on You.

Psalm 94:12

Blessed is the man whom You discipline, O  Lord, and teach from Your law,

Exodus 34:6

The Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in goodness and truth,

Ecclesiastes 7:8

The end of a matter is better than its beginning, and the patient in spirit than the haughty in spirit.

Isaiah 63:7

I will mention the steadfast love of the Lord and the praises of the Lord, according to all that the Lord has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which He has bestowed on them according to His mercy, and according to the multitude of His kindnesses.

Isaiah 63:9

In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the angel of His presence saved them; in His love and in His mercy He redeemed them; and He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.

Lamentations 3:22

It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed; His compassions do not fail.

Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him.

Joel 2:13

Rend your heart, and not your garments; return to the Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and He relents from punishing.

Jonah 4:2

He prayed to the Lord and said, “O  Lord! Is this not what I said while I was still in my own land? This is the reason that I fled before to Tarshish, because I knew that You are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in faithfulness, and ready to relent from punishment.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like You, bearing iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of His inheritance? He does not remain angry forever, because He delights in benevolence.

Numbers 14:18

‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation.’

Matthew 10:22

You will be hated by all men for My name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.

Luke 1:50

His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.

Luke 11:10

For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.

Luke 6:36

Be therefore merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Romans 2:4

Do you despise the riches of His goodness, tolerance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of His grace which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved.

Ephesians 2:4

But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.

Hebrews 3:14

For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence firmly to the end,

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is faithful over God’s house as a Son, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of our hope firm to the end.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he is tried, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

James 1:2

My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into diverse temptations,

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be sober, and set your hope fully upon the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

1 Peter 3:14

But even if you suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. “Do not be afraid of their terror, do not be troubled.”

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the Day of Judgment,