Proverbs 18:14
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14 The human spirit will endure sickness,
but a broken spirit—who can bear?
Proverbs 15:13
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13 A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance,
but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.(A)
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
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9 but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power[a] is made perfect in weakness.” So I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.(A) 10 Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.(B)
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- 12.9 Other ancient authorities read my power
Proverbs 17:22
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22 A cheerful heart is a good medicine,
but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.(A)
1 Peter 1:6
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6 In this you rejoice,[a] even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials,(A)
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- 1.6 Or Rejoice in this
James 1:2
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Faith and Wisdom
2 My brothers and sisters, whenever you face various trials, consider it all joy,(A)
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Psalm 147:3
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3 He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.(A)
2 Corinthians 2:7
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7 so now instead you should forgive and console him, so that he may not be overwhelmed by even worse grief.
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Romans 5:3-5
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3 And not only that, but we[a] also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance,(A) 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.(B)
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- 5.3 Or let us
Psalm 77:2-3
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2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;
in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;
my soul refuses to be comforted.(A)
3 I think of God, and I moan;
I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah(B)
Mark 14:33-34
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33 He took with him Peter and James and John and began to be distressed and agitated. 34 And he said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to death; remain here, and keep awake.”(A)
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Psalm 109:22
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22 For I am poor and needy,
and my heart is pierced within me.(A)
Psalm 88:14-16
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14 O Lord, why do you cast me off?
Why do you hide your face from me?(A)
15 Wretched and close to death from my youth up,
I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.[a](B)
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
your dread assaults destroy me.
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- 88.15 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 42:10-11
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10 As with a deadly wound in my body,
my adversaries taunt me,
while they say to me continually,
“Where is your God?”(A)
11 Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall again praise him,
my help and my God.(B)
Psalm 38:2-4
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2 For your arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand has come down on me.(A)
3 There is no soundness in my flesh
because of your indignation;
there is no health in my bones
because of my sin.(B)
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head;
they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.(C)
Psalm 32:3-4
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3 While I kept silent, my body wasted away
through my groaning all day long.(A)
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up[a] as by the heat of summer. Selah(B)
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- 32.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Job 1:20-21
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20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell on the ground and worshiped.(A) 21 He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”(B)
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2 Corinthians 1:12
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The Postponement of Paul’s Visit
12 Indeed, this is our boast, the testimony of our conscience: we have behaved in the world with holiness[a] and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God—and all the more toward you.(A)
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- 1.12 Other ancient authorities read simplicity
Romans 8:35-37
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35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword? 36 As it is written,
“For your sake we are being killed all day long;
we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.”(A)
37 No, in all these things we are more than victorious through him who loved us.(B)
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Psalm 55:5
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5 Fear and trembling come upon me,
and horror overwhelms me.(A)
Psalm 55:3
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3 by the noise of the enemy,
because of the clamor of the wicked.
For they bring[a] trouble upon me,
and in anger they bear a grudge against me.(A)
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- 55.3 Cn Compare Gk: Heb they cause to totter
Psalm 30:9-10
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9 “What profit is there in my death,
if I go down to the Pit?
Will the dust praise you?
Will it tell of your faithfulness?(A)
10 Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me!
O Lord, be my helper!”[a]
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- 30.10 Or The Lord heard and was gracious to me; the Lord became my helper
Job 7:14-15
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14 then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,(A)
15 so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than this body.
Job 6:4
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4 For the arrows of the Almighty[a] are in me;
my spirit drinks their poison;
the terrors of God are arrayed against me.(A)
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- 6.4 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
Job 2:7-10
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7 So the accuser[a] went out from the presence of the Lord and inflicted loathsome sores on Job from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.(A) 8 Job[b] took a potsherd with which to scrape himself and sat among the ashes.(B)
9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still persist in your integrity? Curse[c] God and die.” 10 But he said to her, “You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Shall we receive good from God and not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.(C)
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