Matthew 18:13
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13 And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray.
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James 2:13
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13 For (A)judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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John 4:34-36
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34 Jesus said to them, (A)“My food is (B)to do the will of him who sent me and (C)to accomplish his work. 35 Do you not say, ‘There are yet four months, then comes the harvest’? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that (D)the fields are white for harvest. 36 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, so that (E)sower and (F)reaper (G)may rejoice together.
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Luke 15:5-10
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5 And when he has found it, (A)he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for (B)I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who (C)repents than over ninety-nine (D)righteous persons who need no repentance.
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 “Or what woman, having ten silver coins,[a] if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ 10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before (E)the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
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- Luke 15:8 Greek ten drachmas; a drachma was a Greek coin approximately equal in value to a Roman denarius, worth about a day's wage for a laborer
Zephaniah 3:17
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17 (A)The Lord your God is in your midst,
(B)a mighty one who will save;
(C)he will rejoice over you with gladness;
he will quiet you by his love;
he will exult over you with loud singing.
Luke 15:23-24
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23 And bring (A)the fattened calf and kill it, and (B)let us eat and celebrate. 24 For this my son (C)was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.
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Micah 7:18
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God's Steadfast Love and Compassion
18 (A)Who is a God like you, (B)pardoning iniquity
and passing over transgression
(C)for the remnant of his inheritance?
(D)He does not retain his anger forever,
because he delights in steadfast love.
Jeremiah 32:37-41
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37 (A)Behold, I will gather them from all the countries (B)to which I drove them in (C)my anger and my wrath and in great indignation. I will bring them back to this place, (D)and I will make them dwell in safety. 38 (E)And they shall be my people, and I will be their God. 39 (F)I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever, (G)for their own good and the good of their children after them. 40 (H)I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. (I)And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me. 41 (J)I will rejoice in doing them good, (K)and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.
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Isaiah 62:5
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5 For as a young man marries a young woman,
so (A)shall your sons marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
so (B)shall your God rejoice over you.
Isaiah 53:11
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11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see[a] and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall (A)the righteous one, my servant,
(B)make many to be accounted righteous,
(C)and he shall bear their iniquities.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 53:11 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll he shall see light
Psalm 147:11
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11 but the Lord (A)takes pleasure in those who fear him,
in those who (B)hope in his steadfast love.
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