Bible Cross References
the man
James 1:2-4
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My friends, consider yourselves fortunate when all kinds of trials come your way,
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for you know that when your faith succeeds in facing such trials, the result is the ability to endure.
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Make sure that your endurance carries you all the way without failing, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
James 5:11
We call them happy because they endured. You have heard of Job's patience, and you know how the Lord provided for him in the end. For the Lord is full of mercy and compassion.
Job 5:17
Happy is the person whom God corrects! Do not resent it when he rebukes you.
Psalm 94:12
LORD, how happy are those you instruct, the ones to whom you teach your law!
Psalm 119:67
Before you punished me, I used to go wrong, but now I obey your word.
Psalm 119:71
My punishment was good for me, because it made me learn your commands.
Psalm 119:75
I know that your judgments are righteous, LORD, and that you punished me because you are faithful.
Proverbs 3:11
My child, when the LORD corrects you, pay close attention and take it as a warning.
Proverbs 3:12
The LORD corrects those he loves, as parents correct a child of whom they are proud.
Hebrews 6:15
Abraham was patient, and so he received what God had promised.
Hebrews 10:32
Remember how it was with you in the past. In those days, after God's light had shone on you, you suffered many things, yet were not defeated by the struggle.
Hebrews 12:5
Have you forgotten the encouraging words which God speaks to you as his children? "My child, pay attention when the Lord corrects you, and do not be discouraged when he rebukes you.
Revelation 3:19
I rebuke and punish all whom I love. Be in earnest, then, and turn from your sins.
when
Deuteronomy 8:2
Remember how the LORD your God led you on this long journey through the desert these past forty years, sending hardships to test you, so that he might know what you intended to do and whether you would obey his commands.
Deuteronomy 13:3
do not pay any attention to them. The LORD your God is using them to test you, to see if you love the LORD with all your heart.
Proverbs 17:3
Gold and silver are tested by fire, and a person's heart is tested by the LORD.
Zechariah 13:9
And I will test the third that survives and will purify them as silver is purified by fire. I will test them as gold is tested. Then they will pray to me, and I will answer them. I will tell them that they are my people, and they will confess that I am their God."
Malachi 3:2
But who will be able to endure the day when he comes? Who will be able to survive when he appears? He will be like strong soap, like a fire that refines metal.
Malachi 3:3
He will come to judge like one who refines and purifies silver. As a metalworker refines silver and gold, so the LORD's messenger will purify the priests, so that they will bring to the LORD the right kind of offerings.
Hebrews 11:17
It was faith that made Abraham offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice when God put Abraham to the test. Abraham was the one to whom God had made the promise, yet he was ready to offer his only son as a sacrifice.
1 Peter 1:6
Be glad about this, even though it may now be necessary for you to be sad for a while because of the many kinds of trials you suffer.
1 Peter 1:7
Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gold, which can be destroyed, is tested by fire; and so your faith, which is much more precious than gold, must also be tested, so that it may endure. Then you will receive praise and glory and honor on the Day when Jesus Christ is revealed.
1 Peter 5:10
But after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who calls you to share his eternal glory in union with Christ, will himself perfect you and give you firmness, strength, and a sure foundation.
the crown
Matthew 25:34
Then the King will say to the people on his right, 'Come, you that are blessed by my Father! Come and possess the kingdom which has been prepared for you ever since the creation of the world.
Luke 22:28-30
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"You have stayed with me all through my trials;
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and just as my Father has given me the right to rule, so I will give you the same right.
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You will eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom, and you will sit on thrones to rule over the twelve tribes of Israel.
Romans 2:7-10
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Some people keep on doing good, and seek glory, honor, and immortal life; to them God will give eternal life.
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Other people are selfish and reject what is right, in order to follow what is wrong; on them God will pour out his anger and fury.
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There will be suffering and pain for all those who do what is evil, for the Jews first and also for the Gentiles.
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But God will give glory, honor, and peace to all who do what is good, to the Jews first and also to the Gentiles.
1 Corinthians 9:25
Every athlete in training submits to strict discipline, in order to be crowned with a wreath that will not last; but we do it for one that will last forever.
2 Timothy 4:8
And now there is waiting for me the victory prize of being put right with God, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that Day---and not only to me, but to all those who wait with love for him to appear.
1 Peter 1:7
Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gold, which can be destroyed, is tested by fire; and so your faith, which is much more precious than gold, must also be tested, so that it may endure. Then you will receive praise and glory and honor on the Day when Jesus Christ is revealed.
1 Peter 4:13
Rather be glad that you are sharing Christ's sufferings, so that you may be full of joy when his glory is revealed.
1 Peter 5:4
And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the glorious crown which will never lose its brightness.
Revelation 2:10
Don't be afraid of anything you are about to suffer. Listen! The Devil will put you to the test by having some of you thrown into prison, and your troubles will last ten days. Be faithful to me, even if it means death, and I will give you life as your prize of victory.
Revelation 3:21
To those who win the victory I will give the right to sit beside me on my throne, just as I have been victorious and now sit by my Father on his throne.
which
James 2:5
Listen, my dear friends! God chose the poor people of this world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which he promised to those who love him.
Isaiah 64:4
No one has ever seen or heard of a God like you, who does such deeds for those who put their hope in him.
Matthew 10:22
Everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.
Matthew 19:28
Jesus said to them, "You can be sure that when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne in the New Age, then you twelve followers of mine will also sit on thrones, to rule the twelve tribes of Israel.
Matthew 19:29
And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake, will receive a hundred times more and will be given eternal life.
them
James 2:5
Listen, my dear friends! God chose the poor people of this world to be rich in faith and to possess the kingdom which he promised to those who love him.
Exodus 20:6
But I show my love to thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my laws.
Deuteronomy 7:9
Remember that the LORD your God is the only God and that he is faithful. He will keep his covenant and show his constant love to a thousand generations of those who love him and obey his commands,
Nehemiah 1:5
" LORD God of Heaven! You are great, and we stand in fear of you. You faithfully keep your covenant with those who love you and do what you command.
Psalm 5:11
But all who find safety in you will rejoice; they can always sing for joy. Protect those who love you; because of you they are truly happy.
Romans 8:28
We know that in all things God works for good with those who love him, those whom he has called according to his purpose.
1 Corinthians 2:9
However, as the scripture says, "What no one ever saw or heard, what no one ever thought could happen, is the very thing God prepared for those who love him."
1 Corinthians 8:3
But the person who loves God is known by him.
1 Peter 1:8
You love him, although you have not seen him, and you believe in him, although you do not now see him. So you rejoice with a great and glorious joy which words cannot express,
1 John 4:19
We love because God first loved us.