James 1:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Let no man say when he is tested, I am tested by God; for it is not possible for God to be tested by evil, and he himself puts no man to such a test:

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  • Rom 9:19-20 : 19 But you will say to me, Why does he still make us responsible? who is able to go against his purpose? 20 But, O man, who are you, to make answer against God? May the thing which is made say to him who made it, Why did you make me so?
  • Jas 1:2 : 2 Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;
  • Gen 3:12 : 12 And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.
  • Isa 63:17 : 17 O Lord, why do you send us wandering from your ways, making our hearts hard, so that we have no fear of you? Come back, because of your servants, the tribes of your heritage.
  • Hab 2:12-13 : 12 A curse on him who is building a place with blood, and basing a town on evil-doing! 13 See, is it not the pleasure of the Lord of armies that the peoples are working for the fire and using themselves up for nothing?

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

    15Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death.

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

    17Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.

    18Of his purpose he gave us being, by his true word, so that we might be, in a sense, the first-fruits of all the things which he had made.

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    12So let him who seems to himself to be safe go in fear of a fall.

    13You have been put to no test but such as is common to man: and God is true, who will not let any test come on you which you are not able to undergo; but he will make with the test a way out of it, so that you may be able to go through it.

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    12There is a blessing on the man who undergoes testing; because, if he has God's approval, he will be given the crown of life, which the Lord has said he will give to those who have love for him.

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    12And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

    13And when all these tests were ended the Evil One went away from him for a time.

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    7Jesus said to him, Again it is in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

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    9And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.

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

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    9Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.

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    7For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

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

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    10My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

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    20For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.

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    13Take care that you do not say, Wisdom is here; God may overcome him, but not man.