Job 11:16
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16 You will forget your misery;
you will remember it as waters that have passed away.(A)
Isaiah 65:16
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16 Then whoever invokes a blessing in the land
shall bless by the God of faithfulness,
and whoever takes an oath in the land
shall swear by the God of faithfulness,
because the former troubles are forgotten
and are hidden from my sight.(A)
Ecclesiastes 5:20
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20 For they will scarcely brood over the days of their lives because God keeps them occupied with the joy of their hearts.
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Revelation 7:14-17
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14 I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.(A)
15 For this reason they are before the throne of God
and worship him day and night within his temple,
and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them.(B)
16 They will hunger no more and thirst no more;
the sun will not strike them,
nor any scorching heat,(C)
17 for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of the water of life,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”(D)
John 16:21
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21 When a woman is in labor, she has pain because her hour has come. But when her child is born, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy of having brought a human being into the world.(A)
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Isaiah 54:9
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9 This is like the days of Noah to me:
Just as I swore that the waters of Noah
would never again go over the earth,
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
and will not rebuke you.(A)
Isaiah 54:4
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4 Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed;
do not be discouraged, for you will not suffer disgrace,
for you will forget the shame of your youth,
and the disgrace of your widowhood you will remember no more.(A)
Isaiah 12:1-2
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Thanksgiving and Praise
12 You will say on that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
for though you were angry with me,
your anger turned away,
and you comforted me.(A)
2 Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust and will not be afraid,
for the Lord[a] is my strength and my might;
he has become my salvation.”(B)
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- 12.2 Q ms Heb mss Gk Syr Vg Tg: MT for Yah, the Lord
Proverbs 31:7
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7 let them drink and forget their poverty
and remember their misery no more.
Job 22:11
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11 or darkness so that you cannot see;
a flood of water covers you.(A)
Job 6:15
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15 My companions are treacherous like a torrent bed,
like swollen streams that pass away,(A)
Genesis 41:51
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51 Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh,[a] “For,” he said, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s house.”
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- 41.51 That is, making to forget
Genesis 9:11
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11 I establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood, and never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”(A)
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