James 1:13

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,

They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.

You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.

All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.

What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!

Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,

May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”

Yahweh said to Moses, “When you go back into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your hand, but I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go.

and he said, “Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.

Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies:

Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn’t show them.

yet I will rejoice in Yahweh. I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”

When it rested, he said, “Return, Yahweh, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel.”

Again Yahweh’s anger burned against Israel, and he moved David against them, saying, “Go, count Israel and Judah.”

that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.

At that time Berodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you. Take heed and do it; for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.”

In those days Hezekiah was terminally ill, and he prayed to Yahweh; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.

But Hezekiah didn’t reciprocate appropriate to the benefit done for him, because his heart was lifted up. Therefore there was wrath on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem.

Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan also came among them.

if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,

Turn my heart toward your statutes, not toward selfish gain.

Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

He has walled up my ways with cut stone. He has made my paths crooked.

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s dainties, nor with the wine which he drank. Therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

Don’t be deceived! “Evil companionships corrupt good morals.”

Therefore “ ‘Come out from among them, and be separate,’ says the Lord. ‘Touch no unclean thing. I will receive you.

Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.

Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate. Then she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.

who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end;

But Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

Again, on the day when the God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.

Who has prescribed his way for him? Or who can say, ‘You have committed unrighteousness?’

Relent, Yahweh! How long? Have compassion on your servants!

to show that Yahweh is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

I am a stranger on the earth. Don’t hide your commandments from me.

I have set my heart to perform your statutes forever, even to the end.

He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who does it destroys his own soul.

A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness, but a crushed spirit, who can bear?

Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens his friend’s countenance.

He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Consider the work of God, for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked?

Make the heart of this people fat. Make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.”

At that time, Merodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered.

I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused all that opens the womb to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Yahweh.” ’

Yahweh, within her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn’t fail, but the unjust know no shame.

He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before Yahweh’s angel, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’

But he turned, and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men.”

“He has blinded their eyes and he hardened their heart, lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”

Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

But someone will say, “How are the dead raised?” and, “With what kind of body do they come?”

By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, a thorn in the flesh was given to me: a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.

the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

A great sign was seen in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

I heard another voice from heaven, saying, “Come out of her, my people, that you have no participation in her sins, and that you don’t receive of her plagues,

Abraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods. The people ate and bowed down to their gods.

But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as it is today.

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for Yahweh your God is testing you, to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

She said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” He awoke out of his sleep, and said, “I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free.” But he didn’t know that Yahweh had departed from him.

Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that Yahweh has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before Yahweh; for they have driven me out today that I shouldn’t cling to Yahweh’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’

The king said to Joab the captain of the army, who was with him, “Now go back and forth through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know the sum of the people.”

(for they shall hear of your great name, and of your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm); when he comes and prays toward this house;

Isaiah the prophet cried to Yahweh; and he brought the shadow ten steps backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.

Satan stood up against Israel, and moved David to take a census of Israel.

However concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still maintain your integrity? Renounce God, and die.”

“Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

Men of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:

because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.

Don’t hide your face from me. Don’t put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don’t abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.

Don’t incline my heart to any evil thing, to practice deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity. Don’t let me eat of their delicacies.

that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

You are righteous, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet I would like to reason the cause with you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are they all at ease who deal very treacherously?

Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.

The Lord said, “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have all of you, that he might sift you as wheat,

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”

Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

O Yahweh, why do you make us wander from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants’ sake, the tribes of your inheritance.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,