James 1:2-11

2My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,

3because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

4And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything.

5But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him.

6But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind.

7For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord,

8since he is a double-minded individual, unstable in all his ways.

9Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position.

10But the rich person’s pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow.

11For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away.