James 5:7

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Patience in Suffering So be patient, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s return. Think of how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient for it until it receives the early and late rains.

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  • Deut 11:14 : 14 then he promises,“I will send rain for your land in its season, the autumn and the spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine, and olive oil.
  • Jer 5:24 : 24 They do not say to themselves,“Let us revere the LORD our God. It is he who gives us the autumn rains and the spring rains at the proper time. It is he who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.”
  • Joel 2:23 : 23 Citizens of Zion, rejoice! Be glad because of what the LORD your God has done! For he has given to you the early rains as vindication. He has sent to you the rains– both the early and the late rains as formerly.
  • Gal 6:9 : 9 So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.
  • Col 1:11 : 11 being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully
  • 1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you?
  • 1 Thess 3:13 : 13 so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
  • Heb 6:15 : 15 And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise.
  • Heb 12:1-3 : 1 The Lord’s Discipline Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us, 2 keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.
  • Jas 5:8-9 : 8 You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord’s return is near. 9 Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!
  • 2 Pet 3:4 : 4 and saying,“Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation.”
  • 1 Thess 1:3 : 3 because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 So let us search for him! Let us seek to know the LORD! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.”
  • Zech 10:1 : 1 The Restoration of the True People Ask the LORD for rain in the season of the late spring rains– the LORD who causes thunderstorms– and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.
  • Matt 24:27 : 27 For just like the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be.
  • Matt 24:44 : 44 Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.
  • Luke 8:15 : 15 But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.
  • Luke 18:8 : 8 I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
  • Luke 21:27 : 27 Then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory.
  • Rom 2:7 : 7 eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,
  • Rom 8:24-25 : 24 For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.
  • Rom 15:4 : 4 For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope.
  • 1 Cor 1:7 : 7 so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • 2 Cor 6:4-5 : 4 But as God’s servants, we have commended ourselves in every way, with great endurance, in persecutions, in difficulties, in distresses, 5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger,
  • Gal 5:5 : 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness.

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    8You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord’s return is near.

    9Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates!

    10As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name.

    11Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

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    36For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised.

    37For just a little longer and he who is coming will arrive and not delay.

  • Heb 6:7
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    7For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.

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    6The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

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    3because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

    4And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.

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    28By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.

    29And when the grain is ripe, he sends in the sickle because the harvest has come.”

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    4Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

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    9So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.

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    12Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers deliverance on you.

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    6You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.

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    25But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance.

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    8Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day.

    9The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

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    5Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and the endurance of Christ.

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    7Wait patiently for the LORD! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes!

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    15But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance.

  • Isa 30:18
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    18The Lord Will Not Abandon His People For this reason the LORD is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the LORD is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.

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    12so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

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    7so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    3For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass– it will not arrive late.

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    18Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest.

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    34When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop.

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    10This is why the sky has held back its dew and the earth its produce.

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    4and endurance, character, and character, hope.

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    19By your endurance you will gain your lives.

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    5For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted, and the ripening fruit appears, he will cut off the unproductive shoots with pruning knives; he will prune the tendrils.

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    35Don’t you say,‘There are four more months and then comes the harvest?’ I tell you, look up and see that the fields are already white for harvest!

    36The one who reaps receives pay and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together.

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    7Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got– disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got– cries for help!

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    12Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

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    19Living Out the Message Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.

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    25ט(Tet) The LORD is good to those who trust in him, to the one who seeks him.

    26It is good to wait patiently for deliverance from the LORD.

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    5Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest.

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    36be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

  • Deut 11:14
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    14then he promises,“I will send rain for your land in its season, the autumn and the spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine, and olive oil.

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    9Wicked men will be wiped out, but those who rely on the LORD are the ones who will possess the land.

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    2At harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his portion of the crop.

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    7For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,

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    5Encouragement in Persecution This is evidence of God’s righteous judgment, to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering.