Job 29:25
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25 I chose what they should do and sat as chief,
and I lived like a king among his troops,
like one who comforts mourners.(A)
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
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Paul’s Thanksgiving after Affliction
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation,(A) 4 who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God.
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1 Thessalonians 3:2-3
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2 and sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker[a] in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you for the sake of your faith,(A) 3 so that no one would be shaken by these persecutions. Indeed, you yourselves know that this is what we are destined for.(B)
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- 3.2 Other ancient authorities read minister or God’s minister and our coworker
Isaiah 61:1-3
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The Good News of Deliverance
61 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me
because the Lord has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and release to the prisoners,(A)
2 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,(B)
3 to provide for those who mourn in Zion—
to give them a garland instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.(C)
Isaiah 35:3-4
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3 Strengthen the weak hands
and make firm the feeble knees.(A)
4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart,
“Be strong, do not fear!
Here is your God.
He will come with vengeance,
with terrible recompense.
He will come and save you.”(B)
Judges 11:8
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8 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Nevertheless, we have now turned back to you, so that you may go with us and fight with the Ammonites and become head over us, over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”(A)
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Genesis 41:40
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40 You shall be over my house, and all my people shall order themselves as you command; only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.”(A)
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Genesis 14:14-17
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14 When Abram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred eighteen of them, and went in pursuit as far as Dan.(A) 15 He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and routed them and pursued them to Hobah, north of Damascus. 16 Then he brought back all the goods and also brought back his nephew Lot with his goods and the women and the people.(B)
Abram Blessed by Melchizedek
17 After his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh, that is, the King’s Valley.(C)
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2 Corinthians 7:5-7
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5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way—disputes without and fears within.(A) 6 But God, who consoles the downcast, consoled us by the arrival of Titus,(B) 7 and not only by his arrival but also by the consolation with which he was consoled about you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.
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Job 31:37
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37 I would give him an account of all my steps;
like a prince I would approach him.(A)
Job 4:3-4
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3 See, you have instructed many;
you have strengthened the weak hands.(A)
4 Your words have supported those who were stumbling,
and you have made firm the feeble knees.(B)
Job 1:3
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3 He had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East.(A)
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1 Chronicles 13:1-4
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The Ark Brought from Kiriath-jearim
13 David consulted with the commanders of the thousands and of the hundreds, with every leader. 2 David said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is the will of the Lord our God, let us send abroad to our kindred who remain in all the land of Israel, including the priests and Levites in the cities that have pasturelands, that they may come together to us.(A) 3 Then let us bring again the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul.”(B) 4 The whole assembly agreed to do so, for the thing pleased all the people.
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2 Samuel 5:2
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2 For some time, while Saul was king over us, it was you who led out Israel and brought it in. The Lord said to you, ‘It is you who shall be shepherd of my people Israel, you who shall be ruler over Israel.’ ”(A)
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Deuteronomy 33:5
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5 There arose a king in Jeshurun
when the leaders of the people assembled,
the united tribes of Israel.
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