Patience in Suffering

James 5

⁷ Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain. ⁸ You also be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord ₁ is at hand. ⁹ Do not ₂ grumble against one another, brethren, lest you be ₃ condemned. Behold, the Judge is standing at the door! ¹⁰ _g My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and _h patience. ¹¹ Indeed _i we count them blessed who _j endure. You have heard of _k the perseverance of Job and seen _l the end intended by the Lord - that _m the Lord is very compassionate and merciful.

¹² But above all, my brethren, _n do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath. But let your "Yes" be "Yes," and your "No," "No," lest you fall into ₄ judgment.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 5:12
   Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
   
2. Cross References
   Hebrews 10:36
   For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
   
3. Cross References
   Psalms 94:12
   Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O LORD, And teach out of Your law.
   Matthew 5:10
   Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
   James 1:2
   My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials.
   
4. Cross References
   James 1:12
   Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
   
5. Cross References
   Job 1:21
   And he said: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD.
   Job 1:22
   In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.
   Job 2:10
   But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
   
6. Cross References
   Job 42:10
   And the LORD restored Job's losses when he prayed for his friends. Indeed the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
   
7. Cross References
   Numbers 14:18
   'The LORD is longsuffering and abundant in mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He by no means clears the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation.'
   
8. Cross References
   Matthew 5:34 - 37
   But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God's throne.
   

New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.