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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Genesis 22:1
Now after these things, God put Abraham to the test, and said to him, Abraham; and he said, Here am I.

2 Chronicles 32:31
However, in the business of the representatives sent by the rulers of Babylon to get news of the wonder which had taken place in the land, God gave up guiding him, testing him to see what was in his heart.

Job 23:10
For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

Daniel 11:35
And some of those who are wise will have wisdom in testing themselves and making themselves clean, till the time of the end: for it is still for the fixed time.

Hebrews 11:17
By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

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Job 1:11
But now, put out your hand against all he has, and he will be cursing you to your face.

Job 1:12
And the Lord said to the Satan, See, I give all he has into your hands, only do not put a finger on the man himself. And the Satan went out from before the Lord.

Job 2:5
But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.

Job 2:6
And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.

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Job 5:17
Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

Psalms 119:71
It is good for me to have been through trouble; so that I might come to the knowledge of your rules.

Hebrews 12:6
For the Lord sends punishment on his loved ones; everyone whom he takes as his son has experience of his rod.

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Psalms 32:6
For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

Psalms 42:7
Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.

Psalms 66:12
You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place.

Isaiah 43:2
When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.

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Isaiah 61:10
I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.

Romans 5:11
And not only so, but we have joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we are now at peace with God.

Philippians 3:1
For the rest, my brothers, be glad in the Lord. Writing the same things to you is no trouble to me, and for you it is safe.

Philippians 4:4
Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.

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Matthew 6:13
And let us not be put to the test, but keep us safe from the Evil One.

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Acts 27:41
And coming to a point between two seas, they got the ship to land; and the front part was fixed in the sand and not able to be moved, but the back part was broken by the force of the waves.

1 Corinthians 4:9
For it seems to me that God has put us the Apostles last of all, as men whose fate is death: for we are put on view to the world, and to angels, and to men.

1 Corinthians 4:10
We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

1 Corinthians 4:11
Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;

1 Corinthians 4:12
And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

1 Corinthians 4:13
When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.

2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;

2 Corinthians 4:11
For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

2 Corinthians 11:24
Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one.

2 Corinthians 11:25
Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water;

2 Corinthians 11:26
In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;

2 Corinthians 11:27
In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.

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Proverbs 3:17
Her ways are ways of delight, and all her goings are peace.

John 16:20
Truly I say to you, You will be weeping and sorrowing, but the world will be glad: you will be sad, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

Acts 13:52
And the disciples were full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.

Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

1 Thessalonians 1:6
And you took us and the Lord as your example, after the word had come to you in much trouble, with joy in the Holy Spirit;

1 Thessalonians 3:9
For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;

1 Thessalonians 5:18
In everything give praise: for this is the purpose of God in Christ Jesus for you.

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1 Timothy 6:9
But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.

James 5:4
See, the money which you falsely kept back from the workers cutting the grass in your field, is crying out against you; and the cries of those who took in your grain have come to the ears of the Lord of armies.

James 5:8
Be as calm in your waiting; let your hearts be strong: because the coming of the Lord is near.

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Matthew 5:10
Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.

Luke 22:29
And I will give you a kingdom as my Father has given one to me,

Romans 8:17
And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

Romans 8:18
I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.

2 Corinthians 1:4
Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

2 Corinthians 4:16
For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

2 Corinthians 4:18
While our minds are not on the things which are seen, but on the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are for a time; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

Ephesians 3:13
For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory.

1 Thessalonians 3:3
So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.

2 Timothy 2:3
Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.

2 Timothy 2:12
If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:

2 Timothy 3:12
Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.

Hebrews 2:18
For having been put to the test himself, he is able to give help to others when they are tested.

Hebrews 10:32
But give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles;

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Hebrews 11:36
And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:

Hebrews 11:37
They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,

Hebrews 11:38
Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.

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James 1:7
Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord;

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James 2:21
Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?

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James 2:15
If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,

James 2:22
You see that his faith was helping his works and was made complete by them;

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James 3:10
Out of the same mouth comes blessing and cursing. My brothers, it is not right for these things to be so.

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James 3:12
Is a fig-tree able to give us olives, my brothers, or do we get figs from a vine, or sweet water from the salt sea?

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