1 Thessalonians 3:9
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9 For (A)what thanksgiving can we return to God for you, for all the joy that we feel for your sake before our God,
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2 Corinthians 9:15
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15 (A)Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
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1 Thessalonians 1:2-3
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The Thessalonians' Faith and Example
2 (A)We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly[a] (B)mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before (C)our God and Father (D)your work of faith and labor of (E)love and (F)steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- 1 Thessalonians 1:2 Or without ceasing
Psalm 96:12-13
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12 let (A)the field exult, and everything in it!
Then shall all (B)the trees of the forest sing for joy
13 before the Lord, for he comes,
for he comes (C)to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness,
and the peoples in his faithfulness.
Psalm 71:14-15
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14 But I will (A)hope continually
and will (B)praise you yet more and more.
15 My (C)mouth will tell of your righteous acts,
of your deeds of salvation all the day,
for (D)their number is past my knowledge.
1 Thessalonians 3:7-8
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7 for this reason, brothers,[a] in all our distress and affliction (A)we have been comforted about you through your faith. 8 For now we live, if you (B)are standing fast in the Lord.
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- 1 Thessalonians 3:7 Or brothers and sisters
1 Thessalonians 2:19
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19 For what is our hope or (A)joy or crown of boasting (B)before our Lord Jesus at his (C)coming? Is it not you?
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2 Corinthians 2:14
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14 But (A)thanks be to God, who in Christ always (B)leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads (C)the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
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Psalm 98:8-9
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8 Let the rivers (A)clap their hands;
let (B)the hills sing for joy together
9 before the Lord, for he comes
to (C)judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with equity.
Psalm 68:3
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3 But (A)the righteous shall be glad;
they shall exult before God;
they shall be jubilant with joy!
Nehemiah 9:5
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5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting. (A)Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.
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2 Samuel 7:18-20
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David's Prayer of Gratitude
18 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, (A)“Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far? 19 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord God. (B)You have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord God! 20 And what more can David say to you? (C)For you know your servant, O Lord God!
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2 Samuel 6:21
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21 And David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, (A)who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me as prince[a] over Israel, the people of the Lord—and I will celebrate before the Lord.
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- 2 Samuel 6:21 Or leader
Deuteronomy 16:11
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11 And (A)you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there.
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Deuteronomy 12:18
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18 but (A)you shall eat them before the Lord your God in (B)the place that the Lord your God will choose, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, and the Levite who is within your towns. And (C)you shall rejoice before the Lord your God in all that you undertake.
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Deuteronomy 12:2
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2 (A)You shall surely destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess served their gods, (B)on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree.
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