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James 5:10

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Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

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  1. James 5:8

    Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

  2. James 5:9

    Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

  3. James 5:11

    Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

  4. James 5:12

    But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.