James 5:11

See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

Cross References (49)

  • James 1:12 (19)

    Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life tha

  • Exodus 34:6 (18)

    Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to a

  • Job 1:21–22 (17)

    saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blesse

  • Matthew 10:22 (13)

    You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

  • Isaiah 55:6–7 (13)

    Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

  • Matthew 5:10–11 (13)

    Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

  • Job 42:10–17 (12)

    After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

  • 2 Peter 2:9 (11)

    if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on

  • Job 2:10 (11)

    “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this

  • Psalms 86:15 (11)

    But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.

  • 1 Peter 1:6–7 (9)

    In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials

  • Job 13:15–16 (9)

    Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.

  • Luke 6:36 (9)

    Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

  • Numbers 14:18 (9)

    ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no mea

  • 1 Peter 1:13 (9)

    Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revela

  • Psalms 103:8 (9)

    The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

  • Lamentations 3:22 (9)

    Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.

  • Hebrews 10:39 (8)

    But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

  • Ephesians 2:4 (7)

    But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

  • Hebrews 3:14 (7)

    We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:13 (7)

    David answered Gad, “I am deeply distressed. Please, let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very gre

  • Micah 7:18 (7)

    Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does

  • Daniel 9:18–19 (7)

    Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are

  • Joel 2:13 (6)

    So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow t

  • Ecclesiastes 7:8 (6)

    The end of a matter is better than the beginning, and a patient spirit is better than a proud one.

  • Psalms 103:13 (6)

    As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

  • Hebrews 3:6 (6)

    But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the ho

  • Psalms 116:5 (6)

    The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.

  • Psalms 119:132 (6)

    Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.

  • Psalms 86:5 (6)

    For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.

  • Ephesians 1:6 (6)

    to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.

  • Psalms 78:38 (6)

    And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did

  • Nehemiah 9:17 (6)

    They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appoi

  • Romans 2:4 (6)

    Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to

  • Psalms 37:37 (6)

    Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.

  • Psalms 136:1–26 (6)

    Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever.

  • Psalms 25:6–7 (6)

    Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:9 (6)

    For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will retur

  • Isaiah 63:7 (6)

    I will make known the LORD’s loving devotion and His praiseworthy acts, because of all that the LORD has done for us—the

  • Jonah 4:2 (6)

    So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I wa

  • Luke 1:50 (6)

    His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.

  • Job 1:2 (6)

    He had seven sons and three daughters,

  • Psalms 94:12 (6)

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

  • Job 23:10 (6)

    Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

  • Isaiah 63:9 (6)

    In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He red

  • Psalms 145:8 (5)

    The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

  • Daniel 9:9 (5)

    To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him

  • Psalms 51:1 (5)

    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. When Nathan the prophet came to him after his adultery with Bathsheba. Have mercy

  • Nehemiah 9:31 (4)

    But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compa