Psalm 30:11
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11 You have turned for me my mourning into (A)dancing;
you have loosed my sackcloth
and clothed me with gladness,
Jeremiah 31:4
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4 (A)Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
O virgin Israel!
(B)Again you shall adorn yourself with tambourines
and shall go forth in (C)the dance of the merrymakers.
Ecclesiastes 3:4
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Psalm 150:4
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Isaiah 25:8
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8 (A)He will swallow up death forever;
and (B)the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces,
and (C)the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth,
(D)for the Lord has spoken.
2 Chronicles 20:12
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12 O our God, will you not (A)execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but (B)our eyes are on you.”
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Psalm 149:3
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Psalm 126:1-2
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Restore Our Fortunes, O Lord
A Song of (A)Ascents.
126 When the Lord (B)restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who (C)dream.
2 Then our (D)mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then they said among the nations,
(E)“The Lord has done great things for them.”
2 Samuel 6:14
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14 And David (A)danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was (B)wearing a linen ephod.
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Revelation 21:4
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4 (A)He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and (B)death shall be no more, (C)neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
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Luke 15:22
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22 But the father said to his servants,[a] ‘Bring quickly (A)the best robe, and put it on him, and put (B)a ring on his hand, and (C)shoes on his feet.
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- Luke 15:22 Or bondservants
Jeremiah 31:13-14
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13 (A)Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old shall be merry.
(B)I will turn their mourning into joy;
I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.
14 (C)I will feast the soul of the priests with abundance,
and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness,
declares the Lord.”
Psalm 30:5
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5 (A)For his anger is but for a moment,
and (B)his favor is for a lifetime.[a]
(C)Weeping may tarry for the night,
but (D)joy comes with the morning.
Footnotes
- Psalm 30:5 Or and in his favor is life
Psalm 4:7
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7 You have put (A)more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and wine abound.
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.
2 Chronicles 20:9
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9 (A)‘If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment,[a] or pestilence, or famine, (B)we will stand before this house and before you—(C)for your name is in this house—and cry out to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.’
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- 2 Chronicles 20:9 Or the sword of judgment
Revelation 7:14-17
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14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of (A)the great tribulation. (B)They have washed their robes and (C)made them white (D)in the blood of the Lamb.
15 “Therefore they are before the throne of God,
and (E)serve him day and night in his temple;
and he who sits on the throne (F)will shelter them with his presence.
16 (G)They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
(H)the sun shall not strike them,
nor any scorching heat.
17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne (I)will be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of (J)living water,
and (K)God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
John 16:20
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20 Truly, truly, I say to you, (A)you will weep and lament, but (B)the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but (C)your sorrow will turn into joy.
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Isaiah 66:10-11
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10 (A)“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,
all you who love her;
rejoice with her in joy,
all you who mourn over her;
11 that you may nurse and be satisfied
from her consoling breast;
that you may drink deeply with delight
from her glorious abundance.”[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 66:11 Or breast
Isaiah 61:3
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3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
(A)to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
(B)the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
(C)that they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, (D)that he may be glorified.[a]
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- Isaiah 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty
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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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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2 Chronicles 20:27-28
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27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, (A)for the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies. 28 They came to Jerusalem with harps and lyres and trumpets, to the house of the Lord.
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Isaiah 25:3
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3 (A)Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;
cities of ruthless nations will fear you.
2 Chronicles 20:3
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3 Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face (A)to seek the Lord, and (B)proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
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