24 (A)Be strong, and let your heart take courage,
    all you who wait for the Lord!

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24 Be strong and take heart,(A)
    all you who hope in the Lord.

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14 (A)Wait for the Lord;
    (B)be strong, and let your heart take courage;
    wait for the Lord!

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14 Wait(A) for the Lord;
    be strong(B) and take heart
    and wait for the Lord.

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12 Therefore (A)lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and (B)make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint (C)but rather be healed.

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12 Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.(A) 13 “Make level paths for your feet,”[a](B) so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.(C)

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  1. Hebrews 12:13 Prov. 4:26

(A)Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose (B)hope is in the Lord his God,

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Blessed are those(A) whose help(B) is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God.

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11 (A)being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for (B)all endurance and patience (C)with joy;

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11 being strengthened with all power(A) according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,(B)

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11 May the Lord give (A)strength to his people!
    May the Lord bless[a] his people with (B)peace!

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  1. Psalm 29:11 Or The Lord will give… The Lord will bless

11 The Lord gives strength to his people;(A)
    the Lord blesses his people with peace.(B)

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(A)Strengthen the weak hands,
    and make firm the feeble knees.
Say to those who have an anxious heart,
    “Be strong; fear not!
(B)Behold, your God
    will come with vengeance,
with the recompense of God.
    He will come and save you.”

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Strengthen the feeble hands,
    steady the knees(A) that give way;
say(B) to those with fearful hearts,(C)
    “Be strong, do not fear;(D)
your God will come,(E)
    he will come with vengeance;(F)
with divine retribution
    he will come to save(G) you.”

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10 As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take (A)the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of (B)the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen (C)the purpose of the Lord, how (D)the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

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10 Brothers and sisters, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets(A) who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11 As you know, we count as blessed(B) those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance(C) and have seen what the Lord finally brought about.(D) The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.(E)

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On the day I called, you answered me;
    my strength of soul you increased.[a]

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  1. Psalm 138:3 Hebrew you made me bold in my soul with strength

When I called,(A) you answered me;(B)
    you greatly emboldened(C) me.

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Jesus Foretells Peter's Denial

31 “Simon, Simon, behold, (A)Satan demanded to have you,[a] (B)that he might sift you like wheat, 32 but (C)I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, (D)strengthen your brothers.”

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  1. Luke 22:31 The Greek word for you (twice in this verse) is plural; in verse 32, all four instances are singular

31 “Simon, Simon, Satan has asked(A) to sift all of you as wheat.(B) 32 But I have prayed for you,(C) Simon, that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”(D)

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21 (A)who through him are believers in God, (B)who raised him from the dead and (C)gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

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21 Through him you believe in God,(A) who raised him from the dead(B) and glorified him,(C) and so your faith and hope(D) are in God.

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12 And again Isaiah says,

(A)(B)“The root of Jesse will come,
    even he who arises to rule the Gentiles;
(C)in him will the Gentiles hope.”

13 May the God of hope fill you with all (D)joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.

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12 And again, Isaiah says,

“The Root of Jesse(A) will spring up,
    one who will arise to rule over the nations;
    in him the Gentiles will hope.”[a](B)

13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace(C) as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:12 Isaiah 11:10 (see Septuagint)