James 1:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Cross References

Genesis 41:16

Joseph answered Pharaoh, “It is not I; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”

1 Chronicles 22:12

Only, may the Lord grant you discretion and understanding, so that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

1 Chronicles 29:19

Grant to my son Solomon that with single mind he may keep your commandments, your decrees, and your statutes, performing all of them, and that he may build the temple for which I have made provision.”

Psalm 102:27

but you are the same, and your years have no end.

Psalm 122:6

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

Psalm 136:7

who made the great lights, for his steadfast love endures forever;

Psalm 84:11

For the Lord God is a sun and shield; he bestows favor and honor. No good thing does the Lord withhold from those who walk uprightly.

Psalm 85:12

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 they are well instructed; their God teaches them.

Isaiah 45:7

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

Isaiah 46:10

declaring the outcome from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, “My purpose shall stand, and I will fulfill my intention,”

Isaiah 60:19

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

Malachi 3:6

For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, have not perished.

Numbers 11:17

I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the spirit that is on you and put it on them, and they shall bear the burden of the people along with you so that you will not bear it all by yourself.

Numbers 11:25

Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him and took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders, and when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did not do so again.

Numbers 23:19

God is not a human being, that he should lie, or a mortal, that he should change his mind. Has he promised, and will he not do it? Has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?

Matthew 7:11

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

Luke 11:13

If you, then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the 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, “No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven.

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”

John 8:12

Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”

Acts 11:18

When they heard this, they were silenced. And they praised God, saying, “Then God has given even to the gentiles the repentance that leads to life.”

Acts 5:31

God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior that he might give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

Romans 6:23

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

1 Corinthians 4:7

For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive?

2 Corinthians 4:6

For it is the God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

Ephesians 1:18

so that, with the eyes of your heart enlightened, you may perceive what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance among the saints,

Ephesians 2:8

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God—

Deuteronomy 4:19

And when you look up to the heavens and see the sun, the moon, and the stars, all the host of heaven, do not be led astray and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples everywhere under heaven.

Philippians 1:29

For he has graciously granted you the privilege not only of believing in Christ but of suffering for him as well,

1 Timothy 6:16

It is he alone who has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see; to him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

James 1:5

If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.

James 3:15

This is not wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, devilish.

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.

1 John 1:5

This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there 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

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

Revelation 22:5

And there will be no more night; they need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.

1 Samuel 15:29

Moreover, the Glory of Israel will not deceive or change his mind, for he is not a mortal, that he should change his mind.”