James 1:13 · KJV
“Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: {evil: or, evils}”
— James 1:13
Blessed {is} the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
James 1 — Context
For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.
12Blessed {is} the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
13Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: {evil: or, evils}
14But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
15Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Cross References
James 1:12
Blessed {is} the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Habakkuk 2:12-13
Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! {blood: Heb. bloods}
Romans 9:19-20
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
James 1:2
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; {temptations: or, trials}
Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest {to be} with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Isaiah 63:17
O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, {and} hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance.