Jeremiah 31:13
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13 “Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,
And the young men and the old, together;
For I will turn their mourning to joy,
Will comfort them,
And make them rejoice rather than sorrow.
Psalm 30:11
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11 (A)You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have put off [a]my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
Footnotes
- Psalm 30:11 The sackcloth of my mourning
Isaiah 61:3
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3 To [a]console those who mourn in Zion,
(A)To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
(B)The planting of the Lord, (C)that He may be glorified.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:3 Lit. appoint
Isaiah 51:11
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11 So (A)the ransomed of the Lord shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness;
Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Jeremiah 31:4
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4 Again (A)I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt,
O virgin of Israel!
You shall again be adorned with your (B)tambourines,
And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.
Nehemiah 12:27
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Nehemiah Dedicates the Wall
27 Now at (A)the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites in all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, (B)both with thanksgivings and singing, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps.
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John 16:22
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22 Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and (A)your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.
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Zechariah 8:19
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Isaiah 60:20
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20 (A)Your sun shall no longer go down,
Nor shall your moon withdraw itself;
For the Lord will be your everlasting light,
And the days of your mourning shall be ended.
Psalm 149:3
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3 (A)Let them praise His name with the dance;
Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.
Esther 9:22
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22 as the days on which the Jews had rest from their enemies, as the month which was turned from sorrow to joy for them, and from mourning to a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, of (A)sending presents to one another and gifts to the (B)poor.
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Nehemiah 12:43
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43 Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and the children also rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard (A)afar off.
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Ezra 6:22
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22 And they kept the (A)Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy; for the Lord made them joyful, and (B)turned the heart (C)of the king of Assyria toward them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
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Isaiah 65:18-19
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18 But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create;
For behold, I create Jerusalem as a rejoicing,
And her people a joy.
19 (A)I will rejoice in Jerusalem,
And joy in My people;
The (B)voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her,
Nor the voice of crying.
Isaiah 51:3
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3 For the Lord will (A)comfort Zion,
He will comfort all her waste places;
He will make her wilderness like Eden,
And her desert (B)like the garden of the Lord;
Joy and gladness will be found in it,
Thanksgiving and the voice of melody.
Isaiah 35:10
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10 And the (A)ransomed of the Lord shall return,
And come to Zion with singing,
With everlasting joy on their heads.
They shall obtain joy and gladness,
And (B)sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Zechariah 8:4-5
New King James Version
4 “Thus says the Lord of hosts:
(A)‘Old men and old women shall again sit
In the streets of Jerusalem,
Each one with his staff in his hand
Because of [a]great age.
5 The streets of the city
Shall be (B)full of boys and girls
Playing in its streets.’
Footnotes
- Zechariah 8:4 Lit. many days
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