Ecclesiastes 7:14
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14 (A)In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, (B)so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.
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Ecclesiastes 3:22
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22 So I saw that there is (A)nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for (B)that is his lot. Who can bring him to see (C)what will be after him?
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Ecclesiastes 3:4
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
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13 The end of the matter; all has been heard. (A)Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 12:13 Or the duty of all mankind
Deuteronomy 28:47
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47 (A)Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joyfulness and gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things,
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Deuteronomy 8:3
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3 And he humbled you and (A)let you hunger and (B)fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that (C)man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word[a] that comes from the mouth of the Lord.
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- Deuteronomy 8:3 Hebrew by all
Isaiah 26:11
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11 O Lord, (A)your hand is lifted up,
but (B)they do not see it.
Let them see your zeal for your people, and be ashamed.
Let (C)the fire for your adversaries consume them.
James 5:13
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The Prayer of Faith
13 Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him (A)sing praise.
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Matthew 9:13
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13 Go and learn (A)what this means: (B)‘I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.’ For (C)I came not to call the righteous, (D)but sinners.”
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Micah 6:9
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Destruction of the Wicked
9 The voice of the Lord cries to the city—
and it is sound wisdom to fear (A)your name:
“Hear of (B)the rod and of him who appointed it![a]
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- Micah 6:9 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Jeremiah 23:20
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20 (A)The anger of the Lord will not turn back
until he has executed and (B)accomplished
the intents of his heart.
(C)In the latter days you will understand it clearly.
Psalm 119:71
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71 It is (A)good for me that I was afflicted,
that I might learn your statutes.
Psalm 30:11-12
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11 You have turned for me my mourning into (A)dancing;
you have loosed my sackcloth
and clothed me with gladness,
12 that my (B)glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
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12 And when he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God (A)and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. 13 He prayed to him, and (B)God was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. (C)Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.
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1 Kings 17:17-18
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Elijah Raises the Widow's Son
17 After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said to Elijah, (A)“What have you against me, O (B)man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!”
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Acts 14:22
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22 (A)strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them (B)to continue in (C)the faith, and saying that (D)through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
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John 16:22-23
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22 (A)So also you have sorrow now, but (B)I will see you again, and (C)your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. 23 (D)In that day you will (E)ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, (F)whatever you ask of the Father in my name, (G)he will give it to you.
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Luke 15:17-18
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17 “But (A)when he (B)came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, (C)I have sinned against (D)heaven and before you.
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Psalm 40:3
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3 He put (A)a new song in my mouth,
a song of praise to our God.
Many will (B)see and fear,
and put their trust in the Lord.
Haggai 1:5-7
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5 Now, therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts: (A)Consider your ways. 6 (B)You have sown much, and harvested little. (C)You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who (D)earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.
7 “Thus says the Lord of hosts: (E)Consider your ways.
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Hosea 2:6-7
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6 Therefore (A)I will hedge up her[a] way with thorns,
and (B)I will build a wall against her,
so that she cannot find her paths.
7 She shall pursue her lovers
but not overtake them,
and she shall seek them
but shall not find them.
(C)Then she shall say,
‘I will go and return to (D)my first husband,
(E)for it was better for me then than now.’
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- Hosea 2:6 Hebrew your
Isaiah 42:25
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25 So he poured on him the heat of his anger
and the might of battle;
it set him on fire all around, (A)but he did not understand;
it burned him up, (B)but he did not take it to heart.
Isaiah 22:12-14
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12 In that day (A)the Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for (B)baldness and (C)wearing sackcloth;
13 and behold, joy and gladness,
killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
eating flesh and drinking wine.
(D)“Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die.”
14 The Lord of hosts (E)has revealed himself in my ears:
“Surely (F)this iniquity will not be atoned for you (G)until you die,”
says the Lord God of hosts.
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