10 The heart knows its own (A)bitterness,
    and no stranger shares its joy.

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14 A man's spirit will endure sickness,
    but (A)a crushed spirit who can bear?

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And (A)the peace of God, (B)which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

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Job Continues: A Plea to God

10 “I (A)loathe my life;
I will give free utterance to my (B)complaint;
    I will speak in (C)the bitterness of my soul.

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17 (A)He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. (B)To the one who conquers I will give some of (C)the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with (D)a new name written on the stone (E)that no one knows except the one who receives it.’

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10 She was (A)deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.

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18 “I will not leave you as orphans; (A)I will come to you.

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33 And he took with him (A)Peter and James and John, and began (B)to be greatly distressed and troubled. 34 And he said to them, (C)“My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and (D)watch.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 14:34 Or keep awake; also verses 37, 38

13 (A)A glad heart makes a cheerful face,
    but by (B)sorrow of heart the spirit is (C)crushed.

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11 “Therefore I will not (A)restrain my mouth;
    I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
    I will (B)complain in (C)the bitterness of my soul.

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(A)Though you have not seen him, you love him. (B)Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,

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The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up

27 (A)“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, (B)save me from (C)this hour’? But (D)for this purpose I have come to (E)this hour.

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14 (A)The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the (B)hand of the Lord being strong upon me.

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14 (A)The friendship[a] of the Lord is for those who fear him,
    and he makes known to them his covenant.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 25:14 Or The secret counsel

18 he will not let me get my breath,
    but fills me with bitterness.

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“Oh that my vexation were weighed,
    and all my calamity laid in the balances!
For then it would be heavier than (A)the sand of the sea;
    therefore my words have been rash.
For (B)the arrows of the Almighty are in me;
    my spirit drinks their poison;
    the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

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27 And when she came (A)to the mountain to the man of God, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came to push her away. But the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for she is in bitter distress, and the Lord has hidden it from me and has not told me.”

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21 Then they said to one another, (A)“In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”

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23 Jesus answered him, (A)“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and (B)we will come to him and (C)make our home with him.

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