James 1:2

James 1:2
Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;

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Deuteronomy 8:2
And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

Proverbs 17:3
The heating-pot is for silver and the oven-fire for gold, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

Malachi 3:2
But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap.

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Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Mark 10:30
Who will not get a hundred times as much now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and land--though with great troubles; and, in the world to come, eternal life.

2 Corinthians 4:9
We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help;

2 Corinthians 4:10
In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.

2 Corinthians 7:4
My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

Philippians 2:18
And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy.

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James 1:14
But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.

James 1:16
Do not be turned from the right way, dear brothers.

James 2:5
Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

James 4:11
Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.

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James 3:13
Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

James 3:14
But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true.

James 3:15
This wisdom is not from heaven, but is of the earth and the flesh and the Evil One.

James 3:16
For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing.

James 3:17
But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.

James 4:1
What is the cause of wars and fighting among you? is it not in your desires which are at war in your bodies?

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Psalms 34:19
Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.

Luke 22:28
But you are those who have kept with me through my troubles;

2 Peter 2:9
The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;

Revelation 2:10
Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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