Psalm 30:11
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11 (A)You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have put off [a]my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
Footnotes
- Psalm 30:11 The sackcloth of my mourning
Jeremiah 31:4
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4 Again (A)I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt,
O virgin of Israel!
You shall again be adorned with your (B)tambourines,
And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice.
Ecclesiastes 3:4
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4 A time to (A)weep,
And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn,
And a time to dance;
Psalm 149:3
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3 (A)Let them praise His name with the dance;
Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.
Revelation 21:4
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4 (A)And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; (B)there shall be no more death, (C)nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
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Jeremiah 31:13-14
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13 “Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance,
And the young men and the old, together;
For I will turn their mourning to joy,
Will comfort them,
And make them rejoice rather than sorrow.
14 I will [a]satiate the soul of the priests with abundance,
And My people shall be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 31:14 Fill to the full
Psalm 150:4
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4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
Psalm 126:1-2
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A Joyful Return to Zion
A Song of Ascents.
126 When (A)the Lord brought back [a]the captivity of Zion,
(B)We were like those who dream.
2 Then (C)our mouth was filled with laughter,
And our tongue with singing.
Then they said among the [b]nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”
Footnotes
- Psalm 126:1 Those of the captivity
- Psalm 126:2 Gentiles
Luke 15:22
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22 “But the father said to his servants, [a]‘Bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet.
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- Luke 15:22 NU Quickly bring
Isaiah 25:8
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8 He will (A)swallow up death forever,
And the Lord God will (B)wipe away tears from all faces;
The rebuke of His people
He will take away from all the earth;
For the Lord has spoken.
Psalm 30:5
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5 For (A)His anger is but for a moment,
(B)His favor is for life;
Weeping may endure for a night,
But [a]joy comes in the morning.
Footnotes
- Psalm 30:5 a shout of joy
Psalm 4:7
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7 You have put (A)gladness in my heart,
More than in the season that their grain and wine increased.
2 Samuel 6:14
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14 Then David (A)danced[a] before the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing (B)a linen ephod.
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- 2 Samuel 6:14 whirled about
Revelation 7:14-17
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14 And I said to him, [a]“Sir, you know.”
So he said to me, (A)“These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and (B)washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will (C)dwell among them. 16 (D)They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; (E)the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; 17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne (F)will shepherd them and lead them to [b]living fountains of waters. (G)And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
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- Revelation 7:14 NU, M My lord
- Revelation 7:17 NU, M fountains of the waters of life
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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Isaiah 66:10-11
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10 “Rejoice with Jerusalem,
And be glad with her, all you who love her;
Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn for her;
11 That you may feed and be satisfied
With the consolation of her bosom,
That you may drink deeply and be delighted
With the abundance of her glory.”
Isaiah 61:10
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10 (A)I will greatly rejoice in the Lord,
My soul shall be joyful in my God;
For (B)He has clothed me with the garments of salvation,
He has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
(C)As a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments,
And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Isaiah 61:3
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3 To [a]console those who mourn in Zion,
(A)To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
(B)The planting of the Lord, (C)that He may be glorified.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:3 Lit. appoint
Isaiah 25:3
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3 Therefore the strong people will (A)glorify You;
The city of the [a]terrible nations will fear You.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 25:3 terrifying
Esther 9:22
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22 as the days on which the Jews had rest from their enemies, as the month which was turned from sorrow to joy for them, and from mourning to a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, of (A)sending presents to one another and gifts to the (B)poor.
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Nehemiah 8:10
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10 Then he said to them, “Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, (A)and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
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2 Chronicles 20:27-28
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27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had (A)made them rejoice over their enemies. 28 So they came to Jerusalem, with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets, to the house of the Lord.
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2 Chronicles 20:12
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12 O our God, will You not (A)judge them? For we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but (B)our eyes are upon You.”
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2 Chronicles 20:9
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9 (A)‘If disaster comes upon us—sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this temple and in Your presence (for Your (B)name is in this temple), and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.’
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2 Chronicles 20:3
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3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set [a]himself to (A)seek the Lord, and (B)proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
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- 2 Chronicles 20:3 Lit. his face
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