Ecclesiastes 7:14
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14 In the day of prosperity, be joyful, and in the day of adversity, consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that mortals may not find out anything that comes after them.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 3:22
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22 So I saw that there is nothing better than that all should enjoy their work, for that is their lot; who can bring them to see what will be after them?(A)
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
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13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that is the whole duty of everyone.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 3:4
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4 a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance;(A)
Deuteronomy 28:47
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47 “Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and with gladness of heart for the abundance of everything,(A)
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Deuteronomy 8:3
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3 He humbled you by letting you hunger, then by feeding you with manna, with which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted, in order to make you understand that one does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.(A)
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Isaiah 26:11
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11 O Lord, your hand is lifted up,
but they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people and be ashamed.
Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.(A)
Matthew 9:13
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13 Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous but sinners.”(A)
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Micah 6:9
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Cheating and Violence to Be Punished
9 The voice of the Lord cries to the city
(and he shall save those who fear his name[a]):
Hear, O tribe and assembly of the city![b]
Jeremiah 23:20
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20 The anger of the Lord will not turn back
until he has executed and accomplished
the intents of his mind.
In the latter days you will understand it clearly.(A)
Psalm 119:71
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71 It is good for me that I was humbled,
so that I might learn your statutes.
Psalm 94:12-13
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12 Happy are those whom you discipline, O Lord,
and whom you teach out of your law,(A)
13 giving them respite from days of trouble,
until a pit is dug for the wicked.
Psalm 30:11-12
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11 You have turned my mourning into dancing;
you have taken off my sackcloth
and clothed me with joy,(A)
12 so that my soul[a] may praise you and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever.(B)
Footnotes
- 30.12 Heb that glory
Job 10:1-2
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Job: I Loathe My Life
10 “I loathe my life;
I will give free utterance to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.(A)
2 I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
let me know why you contend against me.(B)
1 Kings 17:17-18
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Elijah Revives the Widow’s Son
17 After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill; his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. 18 She then said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!”(A)
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James 5:13
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The Prayer of Faith
13 Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise.(A)
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Acts 14:22
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22 There they strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”(A)
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Luke 15:17-18
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17 But when he came to his senses he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger! 18 I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you;
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Psalm 40:3
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3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the Lord.(A)
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
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12 While he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.(A) 13 He prayed to him, and God received his entreaty, heard his plea, and restored him again to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord indeed was God.(B)
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John 16:22-23
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22 So you have pain now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.(A) 23 On that day you will ask nothing of me.[a] Very truly, I tell you, if you ask anything of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.[b]
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Haggai 1:5-7
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5 Now therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider how you have fared.(A) 6 You have sown much and harvested little; you eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and you that earn wages earn wages to put them into a bag with holes.(B)
7 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider how you have fared.
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Hosea 2:6-7
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6 Therefore I will hedge up her[a] way with thorns,
and I will build a wall against her
so that she cannot find her paths.(A)
7 She shall pursue her lovers
but not overtake them,
and she shall seek them
but shall not find them.
Then she shall say, “I will go
and return to my first husband,
for it was better with me then than now.”(B)
Footnotes
- 2.6 Gk Syr: Heb your
Isaiah 42:25
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25 So he poured upon him the heat of his anger
and the fury of war;
it set him on fire all around, but he did not understand;
it burned him, but he did not take it to heart.(A)
Isaiah 22:12-14
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12 On that day the Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for baldness and putting on sackcloth,(A)
13 but instead there was joy and festivity,
killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
eating meat and drinking wine.
“Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die.”(B)
14 The Lord of hosts has revealed himself in my ears:
“Surely this iniquity will not be forgiven you until you die,”
says the Lord God of hosts.(C)
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