These words, which I am ordering you today, are to be on your heart; and you are to teach them carefully to your children. You are to talk about them when you sit at home, when you are traveling on the road, when you lie down and when you get up. (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
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James 1
Brit Hadashah 27 verses
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, a bondservant of and of the Lord the : to the twelve tribes who are scattered over the world. All good wishes.
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Jude 1:1 1 Peter 1:1 Galatians 2:9 Acts 15:23 Acts 21:18 Titus 1:1 Acts 26:7 Acts 15:13 Matthew 13:55 John 7:35 2 Peter 1:1 Ezekiel 12:15 Romans 1:1 John 12:26 Acts 12:17 Philippians 1:1 Matthew 10:3 Acts 8:1 Ezra 6:17 1 Kings 18:31 Luke 22:30 Deuteronomy 28:64 2 Timothy 4:21 Deuteronomy 30:3 Exodus 24:4 Acts 2:5 Acts 1:13 Leviticus 26:33 Acts 15:21 Luke 6:15 Galatians 2:12 Galatians 1:19 Matthew 19:28 Exodus 39:14 Deuteronomy 32:26 Exodus 28:21 Esther 3:8 Revelation 7:4 Mark 3:18 Deuteronomy 4:27 Acts 23:26 - 2 Reckon it nothing but joy, my brethren, whenever you find yourselves hedged in by various trials.
- 3 Be assured that the testing of your leads to power of endurance.
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Only let endurance have results so that you may become and complete, deficient in nothing.
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Matthew 5:48 Habakkuk 2:3 Luke 21:19 2 Timothy 3:17 Job 17:9 Colossians 4:12 Hebrews 13:21 Galatians 6:9 1 Corinthians 2:6 Mark 10:21 Luke 8:15 John 17:23 Luke 18:22 Matthew 19:20 Psalm 37:7 James 5:7-11 Philippians 3:12-15 James 3:2 Psalm 40:1 James 1:5 1 Peter 5:10 Proverbs 4:8 Matthew 10:22 2 Peter 1:9 1 John 4:17-18 -
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And if any one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask for it, who gives with open hand to all men, and without upbraiding; and it will be given him.
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Proverbs 2:3-6 John 15:7 Proverbs 3:5-7 1 Kings 3:7-12 Jeremiah 29:12-13 Matthew 7:7-11 2 Chronicles 1:10 Exodus 31:3 Job 28:12-28 1 John 5:14-15 1 Chronicles 22:12 John 16:23-24 John 14:13 Isaiah 55:6-7 Jeremiah 1:6-7 John 4:10 Exodus 36:1-4 Proverbs 9:4-6 1 John 3:22 Exodus 31:6 Matthew 11:20 James 1:17 Luke 11:9-13 James 3:17 Daniel 2:18-22 James 5:16 Luke 15:20-22 Mark 16:14 2 Corinthians 2:16 -
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But let him ask in and have no doubts; for he who has doubts is like the surge of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed into spray.
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A person of that sort must not expect to receive anything from the Lord—
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such a one is a man of two minds, undecided in every step he takes.
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Let a brother in humble life rejoice when raised to a higher position;
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Jeremiah 9:23-24 Psalm 62:9 James 2:5-6 Philippians 3:14 Romans 8:17 1 Samuel 2:8 Luke 1:52 Proverbs 17:5 Luke 10:20 Deuteronomy 15:7 Romans 5:2-3 Psalm 113:7-8 Revelation 5:9-10 Revelation 7:9-10 Deuteronomy 15:11 1 John 3:1-3 1 Peter 2:9 Luke 9:48 Revelation 2:9 Proverbs 19:1 2 Corinthians 6:10 Deuteronomy 15:9 Philippians 3:3 - 10 but a rich man should rejoice in being brought low, for like flowers among the herbage rich men will pass away.
- 11 The sun rises with his scorching heat and dries up the herbage, so that its flowers drop off and the beauty of its appearance perishes, and in the same way rich men with all their prosperity will fade away.
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Blessed is he who patiently endures trials; for when he has stood the test, he will gain the victor’s —even the of Life—which the Lord has promised to those who Him.
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1 Corinthians 9:25 1 Peter 5:10 2 Timothy 4:8 1 Peter 1:6-8 Romans 8:28 James 2:5 James 5:11 Revelation 2:10 1 Peter 5:4 James 1:2-4 Matthew 10:22 Romans 2:7-10 Deuteronomy 13:3 Zechariah 13:9 Proverbs 17:3 1 Peter 3:14 1 Corinthians 2:9 Revelation 3:21 Proverbs 3:11-12 1 Peter 4:13 1 Corinthians 8:3 Hebrews 6:15 Deuteronomy 8:2 Psalm 119:71 Revelation 3:19 Hebrews 10:32 Hebrews 11:17 Exodus 20:6 Job 5:17 Isaiah 64:4 Psalm 119:75 Psalm 119:67 Hebrews 12:5 Psalm 5:11 Matthew 19:28-29 Matthew 25:34 Malachi 3:2-3 1 John 4:19 Deuteronomy 7:9 Nehemiah 1:5 -
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Let no one say when passing through trial, “My temptation is from ;” for is incapable of being tempted to do evil, and He Himself tempts no one.
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- 14 But when a man is tempted, it is his own passions that carry him away and as a bait.
- 15 Then the passion conceives, and becomes the parent of sin; and sin, when fully matured, gives birth to death.
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Every which is good, and every boon, is from above, and comes down from the Father, who is the source of all Light. In Him there is no variation nor the slightest suggestion of change.
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John 3:27 Matthew 7:11 Numbers 23:19 1 John 1:5 Hebrews 13:8 Malachi 3:6 James 3:17 1 Corinthians 4:7 Psalm 84:11 Luke 11:13 John 8:12 Ephesians 2:8 Proverbs 2:6 Psalm 122:6 Daniel 2:21-22 Hebrews 1:11-12 Exodus 31:3-6 John 1:9 Numbers 11:17 1 Samuel 15:29 Deuteronomy 4:19 Psalm 19:1-8 1 Chronicles 29:19 Revelation 22:5 Genesis 1:14-15 Daniel 2:27-30 Genesis 41:16 Revelation 21:23 1 John 4:10 Titus 3:3-5 1 Chronicles 22:12 Genesis 1:2-5 - 18 In accordance with His will He made us His children through the Message of the , so that we might, in a sense, be the Firstfruits of the things which He has created.
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You this, my dearly-loved brethren. But let every one be quick to , slow to speak, and slow to be angry.
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Proverbs 17:27 Proverbs 10:19 Proverbs 21:23 Proverbs 13:3 Proverbs 18:13 Proverbs 14:29 Proverbs 16:32 Ephesians 4:26 Colossians 3:8 Ecclesiastes 5:1-3 Proverbs 17:14 Proverbs 15:18 Ecclesiastes 7:8-9 Ephesians 4:31 Proverbs 19:11 Colossians 3:15 Proverbs 15:2 Proverbs 14:17 Proverbs 25:28 Proverbs 18:21 Matthew 5:22 Acts 10:33 Acts 17:11 Nehemiah 9:17 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Mark 2:2 Nehemiah 8:2-3 Proverbs 19:19 Mark 12:37 James 3:1-2 Acts 13:42-44 Proverbs 8:32-35 Nehemiah 9:3 Nehemiah 8:18 Acts 2:42 Luke 19:48 Galatians 5:20-21 1 John 2:21 Luke 15:1 Acts 13:48 Nehemiah 8:12-14 James 1:26 -
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For a man’s anger does not lead to action which regards as righteous.
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Ridding yourselves, therefore, of all that is vile and of the evil influences which prevail around you, welcome in a humble the Message implanted within you, which is able to your souls.
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Ephesians 4:22 Ephesians 1:13 Colossians 3:5-8 1 Peter 2:1 Psalm 25:9 John 6:63 1 Corinthians 15:2 1 Peter 2:11 Hebrews 12:1 James 4:8 Isaiah 29:19 2 Timothy 3:15-17 Isaiah 61:1 Isaiah 2:20 Ezekiel 36:25 Matthew 5:5 John 6:68 Romans 11:17 Acts 10:33 2 Corinthians 7:1 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Ezekiel 18:31 Hebrews 4:2 Romans 1:16 Zephaniah 2:3 Romans 6:17 Ephesians 5:4 Isaiah 30:22 1 Thessalonians 1:5 Acts 13:26 Romans 13:12-13 1 Peter 1:9 Titus 2:11 Hebrews 2:3 -
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But prove yourselves obedient to the Message, and do not be mere hearers of it, imposing a delusion upon yourselves.
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Romans 2:13 John 13:17 Luke 6:46-48 1 John 2:3 James 4:17 Matthew 12:50 Luke 11:28 James 2:14-20 Revelation 22:7 Matthew 7:21-27 James 1:26 Colossians 3:17 1 John 3:7 Galatians 6:7 1 Corinthians 6:9 Matthew 28:20 Luke 12:47-48 3 John 1:11 2 Peter 2:13 1 Corinthians 15:33 Philippians 4:8 Galatians 6:3 Revelation 12:9 1 Corinthians 3:18 Obadiah 1:3 1 John 1:8 Titus 3:3 Isaiah 44:20 -
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For if any one listens but does not obey, he is like a man who carefully looks at his own face in a mirror.
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Although he has looked carefully at himself, he goes away, and has immediately forgotten the sort of man he is.
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But he who looks closely into the Law—the Law of freedom—and continues looking, he, being not a hearer who forgets, but an obedient doer, will as the result of his obedience be blessed.
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Luke 11:28 1 Peter 2:16 John 13:17 Galatians 5:1 James 2:12 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 2 Corinthians 13:5 John 8:36 Psalm 119:45 Proverbs 14:15 Psalm 19:7-11 Psalm 119:2-3 Psalm 119:96-105 Acts 26:22 Isaiah 8:20 Psalm 119:32 Galatians 2:4 Revelation 14:13 1 Corinthians 15:58 1 Timothy 4:16 Acts 2:42 Luke 6:47-49 1 John 2:24 Romans 7:22-23 Acts 13:43 Romans 8:15 Psalm 106:3 Hebrews 12:15 1 Samuel 12:14 Romans 11:22 John 8:31-32 Romans 7:12 James 1:23-24 John 15:9-10 Colossians 1:23 1 Timothy 2:15 Romans 2:7-8 Revelation 22:14 -
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If a man thinks that he is scrupulously religious, although he is not curbing his tongue but is deceiving himself, his religious service is worthless.
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Psalm 141:3 1 Peter 3:10 Ephesians 4:29 Psalm 34:13 James 3:2-6 James 1:22 Proverbs 10:31 Ephesians 5:4 Luke 8:18 Colossians 4:6 Proverbs 19:1 Psalm 39:1-2 Proverbs 15:2 Proverbs 13:2-3 James 1:19 Proverbs 10:19 Deuteronomy 11:16 Galatians 6:3 Psalm 32:9 Galatians 2:6 Proverbs 16:25 1 Corinthians 3:18 1 Corinthians 15:15 Proverbs 21:26 Malachi 3:14 1 Corinthians 15:2 Isaiah 1:13 Proverbs 16:10 Proverbs 14:12 Matthew 15:9 James 2:20 Isaiah 44:20 Mark 7:7 Galatians 3:4 Galatians 2:9 -
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The religious service which is pure and stainless in the sight of our and Father is to visit fatherless children and widowed women in their time of trouble, and to keep one’s own self unspotted from the world.
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Isaiah 1:16-17 1 John 3:17-19 Matthew 25:34-46 1 John 2:15-17 Romans 12:2 Galatians 6:9-10 James 4:4 1 Timothy 5:4 Colossians 3:1-3 James 3:17 1 Timothy 1:5 Isaiah 58:6-7 Luke 1:6 Psalm 119:1 Isaiah 1:23 Matthew 5:8 1 John 5:18 Job 31:15-20 Psalm 68:5 1 John 5:4-5 Galatians 5:6 Job 29:12-13 Galatians 6:14 John 17:14-15 Galatians 1:4