Micah 7:8
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Israel’s Confession and Comfort
8 (A)Do not rejoice over me, my enemy;
(B)When I fall, I will arise;
When I sit in darkness,
The Lord will be a light to me.
John 8:12
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12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, (A)“I am the light of the world. He who (B)follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
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Isaiah 9:2
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2 (A)The people who walked in darkness
Have seen a great light;
Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death,
Upon them a light has shined.
Psalm 112:4
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4 (A)Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness;
He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
Psalm 27:1
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An Exuberant Declaration of Faith
A Psalm of David.
27 The Lord is my (A)light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The (B)Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?
Obadiah 12
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12 “But you should not have (A)gazed[a] on the day of your brother
[b]In the day of his captivity;
Nor should you have (B)rejoiced over the children of Judah
In the day of their destruction;
Nor should you have spoken proudly
In the day of distress.
Footnotes
- Obadiah 1:12 Gloated over
- Obadiah 1:12 Lit. On the day he became a foreigner
Psalm 107:10-15
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10 Those who (A)sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
(B)Bound[a] in affliction and irons—
11 Because they (C)rebelled against the words of God,
And [b]despised (D)the counsel of the Most High,
12 Therefore He brought down their heart with labor;
They fell down, and there was (E)none to help.
13 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
14 (F)He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
And broke their chains in pieces.
15 Oh, that men would give thanks to the Lord for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
Footnotes
- Psalm 107:10 Prisoners
- Psalm 107:11 scorned
2 Corinthians 4:6
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6 For it is the God (A)who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has (B)shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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Proverbs 24:16-18
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16 (A)For a righteous man may fall seven times
And rise again,
(B)But the wicked shall fall by calamity.
17 (C)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles;
18 Lest the Lord see it, and [a]it displease Him,
And He turn away His wrath from him.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:18 Lit. it be evil in His eyes
Psalm 38:16
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16 For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me,
Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.”
Revelation 22:5
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5 (A)There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor (B)light of the sun, for (C)the Lord God gives them light. (D)And they shall reign forever and ever.
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Amos 9:11
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Israel Will Be Restored
11 “On(A) that day I will raise up
The [a]tabernacle of David, which has fallen down,
And [b]repair its damages;
I will raise up its ruins,
And rebuild it as in the days of old;
Psalm 84:11
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11 For the Lord God is (A)a sun and (B)shield;
The Lord will give grace and glory;
(C)No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.
Psalm 41:10-12
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10 But You, O Lord, be merciful to me, and raise me up,
That I may repay them.
11 By this I know that You are well pleased with me,
Because my enemy does not triumph over me.
12 As for me, You uphold me in my integrity,
And (A)set me before Your face forever.
Job 31:29
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29 “If(A) I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me,
Or lifted myself up when evil found him
Malachi 4:2
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2 But to you who (A)fear My name
The (B)Sun of Righteousness shall arise
With healing in His wings;
And you shall go out
And grow fat like stall-fed calves.
Ezekiel 35:15
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15 (A)As you rejoiced because the inheritance of the house of Israel was desolate, (B)so I will do to you; you shall be desolate, O Mount Seir, as well as all of Edom—all of it! Then they shall know that I am the Lord.” ’
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Psalm 97:11
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11 (A)Light is sown for the righteous,
And gladness for the upright in heart.
Psalm 35:19
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19 (A)Let them not rejoice over me who are wrongfully my enemies;
Nor let them wink with the eye who hate me without a cause.
John 16:20
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20 Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and (A)lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into (B)joy.
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Micah 7:10
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10 Then she who is my enemy will see,
And (A)shame will cover her who said to me,
(B)“Where is the Lord your God?”
My eyes will see her;
Now she will be trampled down
Like mud in the streets.
Ezekiel 25:6
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6 ‘For thus says the Lord God: “Because you (A)clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and (B)rejoiced in heart with all your disdain for the land of Israel,
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Isaiah 60:1-3
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The Gentiles Bless Zion
60 Arise, (A)shine;
For your light has come!
And (B)the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.
2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
And deep darkness the people;
But the Lord will arise over you,
And His glory will be seen upon you.
3 The (C)Gentiles shall come to your light,
And kings to the brightness of your rising.
Psalm 13:4-6
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4 Lest my enemy say,
“I have prevailed against him”;
Lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5 But I have trusted in Your mercy;
My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
6 I will sing to the Lord,
Because He has dealt bountifully with me.
Acts 26:18
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18 (A)to open their eyes, in order (B)to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, (C)that they may receive forgiveness of sins and (D)an inheritance among those who are (E)sanctified[a] by faith in Me.’
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- Acts 26:18 set apart
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