James 5:11

Exhortation To Patience

¹⁰ As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. ¹¹ We count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord’s dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful. ¹² But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your "yes" be yes and your "no" be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.

From the Lord

Tender Mercy

Job

Exodus 34:6

The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness,

Job 1:21-22

And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The LORDgave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD."

Numbers 14:18

'The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.'

Job 2:10

But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?"In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Psalm 103:8

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

1 Chronicles 21:13

Then David said to Gad, "I am in great distress. Let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for his mercy is very great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man."

2 Chronicles 30:9

For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and your children will find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him."

Nehemiah 9:17

They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.

Nehemiah 9:31

Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Job 1:2

There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

Job 13:15-16

Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face.

Job 23:10

But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold.

Job 42:10-17

And the LORDrestored the fortunes of Job, when he had prayed for his friends. And the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Psalm 25:6-7

Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.

Psalm 37:37

Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.

Psalm 51:1

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 78:38

Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath.

Psalm 86:5

For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.

Psalm 86:15

But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Psalm 94:12

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, O LORD, and whom you teach out of your law,

Psalm 103:13

As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him.

Psalm 116:5

Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; our God is merciful.

Psalm 119:132

Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is your way with those who love your name.

Psalm 136:1-26

Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.

Psalm 145:8

The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Isaiah 55:6-7

"Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;

Isaiah 63:7

I will recount the steadfast love of the LORD, the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has granted us, and the great goodness to the house of Israel that he has granted them according to his compassion, according to the abundance of his steadfast love.

Isaiah 63:9

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Lamentations 3:22

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end;

Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him

Daniel 9:18-19

O my God, incline your ear and hear. Open your eyes and see our desolations, and the city that is called by your name. For we do not present our pleas before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.

Joel 2:13

and rend your hearts and not your garments." Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster.

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed to the LORD and said, "O LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from disaster.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.

Matthew 5:10-11

"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 10:22

and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Luke 1:50

And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.

Luke 6:36

Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.

Romans 2:4

Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.

Ephesians 2:4

But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,

Hebrews 3:6

but Christ is faithful over God's house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.

Hebrews 3:14

For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.

Hebrews 10:39

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.

1 Peter 1:6-7

In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,

1 Peter 1:13

Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 2:9

then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,