James 1:12

Modern King James Version

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, because having been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

Cross References

Genesis 22:1

And it happened after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, Abraham! And he said, Behold me.

Nehemiah 1:5

And I said, I pray You, O Jehovah, the God of Heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and mercy for those who love Him and keep His commandments;

Job 2:10

But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish ones speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Job 5:17

Behold, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

Psalm 11:5

Jehovah tries the righteous; but His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence,

Psalm 119:67

Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I have kept Your Word.

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, so that I might learn Your Precepts.

Psalm 119:75

I know, O Jehovah, that Your judgments are right, and that You have afflicted me in faithfulness.

Psalm 5:11

But let all who put their trust in You rejoice; let them always shout for joy, because You defend them. And let those who love Your name be joyful in You.

Psalm 94:12

Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O Jehovah, to teach him out of Your Law;

Exodus 20:6

and showing mercy to thousands of those that love Me and keep My commandments.

Proverbs 17:3

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Jehovah tries the hearts.

Isaiah 64:4

And from forever they have not heard, nor did they listen. Eye has not seen a God except You, who works for him who waits for Him.

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried. They shall call on My name, and I will answer them; I will say, It is My people; and they shall say, Jehovah is my God.

Matthew 10:22

And you will be hated of all men for My name's sake, but the one who endures to the end shall be kept safe.

Matthew 25:34

Then the King shall say to those on His right hand, Come, blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall cut you off, and when they shall reproach you and shall cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.

Romans 5:4

and patience works out experience, and experience works out hope.

Romans 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

1 Corinthians 2:9

But as it is written, "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard," nor has it entered into the heart of man, "the things which God has prepared for those who love Him."

1 Corinthians 8:3

But if any one loves God, he has been known of him.

1 Corinthians 9:25

And everyone who strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Then those truly that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

Deuteronomy 13:3

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. For Jehovah your God is testing you to know whether you love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 7:9

Therefore, know that Jehovah your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments, to a thousand generations.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And you shall remember all the way which Jehovah your God led you these forty years in the wilderness in order to humble you, to prove you, to know what is in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

2 Timothy 2:15

Study earnestly to present yourself approved to God, a workman that does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.

2 Timothy 4:8

Now there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, shall give me at that Day; and not to me only, but also to all those who love His appearing.

Hebrews 10:32

But call to memory the former days, in which (after you were illuminated) you endured a great fight of afflictions,

Hebrews 11:17

By faith Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. And he who had received the promises offered up his only-begotten son,

Hebrews 12:5

And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons, "My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked by Him;

Hebrews 6:15

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him?

James 5:11

Behold, we count blessed those who endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and you have seen the end of the Lord, that the Lord is full of pity and of tender mercy.

1 Peter 3:14

But if you also suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. And do not fear their fear, nor be troubled,

1 Peter 4:13

but rejoice according as you are partakers of Christ's suffering, so that when His glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy.

1 Peter 4:14

If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of God and of glory rests on you. Truly according to them, He is blasphemed, but according to you He is glorified.

1 Peter 5:10

But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, He will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

1 Peter 5:4

And when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive a never-fading crown of glory.

1 John 4:19

We love Him because He first loved us.

Revelation 2:10

Do not at all fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the Devil will cast some of you into prison, so that you may be tried. And you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Revelation 3:19

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; therefore be zealous and repent.

Revelation 3:21

To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame and have sat down with My Father in His throne.