Job 8:21
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21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
and your lips with shouts of joy.(A)
Psalm 126:2
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2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then it was said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”(A)
Genesis 21:6
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6 Now Sarah said, “God has brought laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me.”(A)
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Luke 6:21
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21 “Blessed are you who are hungry now,
for you will be filled.
“Blessed are you who weep now,
for you will laugh.(A)
Isaiah 65:13-14
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13 Therefore thus says the Lord God:
My servants shall eat,
but you shall be hungry;
my servants shall drink,
but you shall be thirsty;
my servants shall rejoice,
but you shall be put to shame;(A)
14 my servants shall sing with gladness of heart,
but you shall cry out in pain of heart
and shall wail in anguish of spirit.(B)
Psalm 126:6
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6 Those who go out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
carrying their sheaves.
Psalm 100:1
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Psalm 100
All Lands Summoned to Praise God
A Psalm of thanksgiving.
1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth.(A)
Psalm 98:4
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4 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth;
break forth into joyous song and sing praises.(A)
Psalm 32:11
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11 Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, O righteous,
and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.(A)
Job 5:22
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22 At destruction and famine you shall laugh
and shall not fear the wild animals of the earth.(A)
Nehemiah 12:43
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43 They offered great sacrifices that day and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women and children also rejoiced. The joy of Jerusalem was heard far away.
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Ezra 3:11-13
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11 and they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord,
“For he is good,
for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel.”
And all the people responded with a great shout when they praised the Lord because the foundation of the house of the Lord had been laid.(A) 12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of families, old people who had seen the first house on its foundations, wept with a loud voice when they saw this house, though many shouted aloud for joy, 13 so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shout from the sound of the people’s weeping, for the people shouted so loudly that the sound was heard far away.
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