Nehemiah 8:10
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10 Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and (A)send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
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Psalm 28:7-8
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7 The Lord is my strength and (A)my shield;
in him my heart (B)trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
and with my (C)song I give thanks to him.
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- Psalm 28:8 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts is their strength
Proverbs 17:22
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2 Corinthians 12:8-9
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8 (A)Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to me, (B)“My grace is sufficient for you, for (C)my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that (D)the power of Christ may rest upon me.
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Isaiah 12:1-3
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The Lord Is My Strength and My Song
12 You[a] will say (A)in that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
for though you were angry with me,
(B)your anger turned away,
that you might comfort me.
2 “Behold, God is my salvation;
I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for (C)the Lord God[b] is my strength and my song,
and he has become my salvation.”
3 (D)With joy you[c] will draw water from the wells of salvation.
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- Isaiah 12:1 The Hebrew for you is singular in verse 1
- Isaiah 12:2 Hebrew for Yah, the Lord
- Isaiah 12:3 The Hebrew for you is plural in verses 3, 4
Psalm 149:2
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2 Corinthians 8:2
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2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and (A)their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
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Isaiah 61:10
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10 (A)I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
my soul shall exult in my God,
(B)for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;
he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself (C)like a priest with a beautiful headdress,
(D)and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Esther 9:19
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19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in (A)the rural towns, hold the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day for gladness and feasting, as (B)a holiday, and (C)as a day on which they send gifts of food to one another.
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Ecclesiastes 9:7
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Enjoy Life with the One You Love
7 Go, (A)eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.
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Esther 9:22
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22 as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into (A)a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and gifts to the poor.
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Isaiah 35:1-4
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The Ransomed Shall Return
35 (A)The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad;
(B)the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the crocus;
2 it shall blossom abundantly
and rejoice with joy and singing.
(C)The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
the majesty of (D)Carmel and (E)Sharon.
(F)They shall see the glory of the Lord,
the majesty of our God.
3 (G)Strengthen the weak hands,
and make firm the feeble knees.
4 Say to those who have an anxious heart,
“Be strong; fear not!
(H)Behold, your God
will come with vengeance,
with the recompense of God.
He will come and save you.”
Ecclesiastes 3:13
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13 also (A)that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is (B)God's gift to man.
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Ecclesiastes 2:24
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24 (A)There is nothing better for a person than that he should (B)eat and drink and find enjoyment[a] in his toil. This also, I saw, is (C)from the hand of God,
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- Ecclesiastes 2:24 Or and make his soul see good
Deuteronomy 26:11-13
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11 And (A)you shall rejoice in all the good that the Lord your God has given to you and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the sojourner who is among you.
12 “When you have finished paying all (B)the tithe of your produce in the third year, which is (C)the year of tithing, giving it to the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that they may eat within your towns and be filled, 13 then you shall say before the Lord your God, ‘I have removed the sacred portion out of my house, and moreover, I have given it to the Levite, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, according to all your commandment that you have commanded me. I have not transgressed any of your commandments, (D)nor have I forgotten them.
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Isaiah 6:7-8
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7 And he (A)touched my mouth and said: “Behold, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away, and your sin atoned for.”
Isaiah's Commission from the Lord
8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for (B)us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”
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Ecclesiastes 11:2
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2 (A)Give a portion to (B)seven, or even to eight,
(C)for you know not what disaster may happen on earth.
Job 31:16-18
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16 “If I have (A)withheld anything that the poor desired,
or have (B)caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
17 or have eaten my morsel alone,
and the fatherless has not eaten of it
18 (for from my youth the fatherless[a] grew up with me as with a father,
and from my mother's womb I guided the widow[b]),
1 Timothy 6:17-18
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17 As for the rich in (A)this present age, charge them (B)not to be haughty, nor (C)to set their hopes on (D)the uncertainty of riches, but on God, (E)who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. 18 They are to do good, (F)to be rich in good works, to be generous and (G)ready to share,
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Philippians 3:4
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4 (A)though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more:
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Luke 11:41
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41 But (A)give as alms those things that are within, and behold, (B)everything is clean for you.
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Ecclesiastes 5:18
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18 Behold, what I have seen to be (A)good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment[a] in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his (B)lot.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:18 Or and see good
Revelation 11:10
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10 and (A)those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and (B)exchange presents, because these two prophets (C)had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth.
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