Psalm 90:15
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15 Make us glad for as many days as you have (A)afflicted us,
and for as many years as we have seen evil.
Psalm 126:5-6
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5 (A)Those who sow in tears
shall reap with shouts of joy!
6 He who goes out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
bringing his sheaves with him.
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.”
Jeremiah 31:12-13
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12 They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
(A)and they shall be radiant (B)over the goodness of the Lord,
(C)over the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and over the young of the flock and the herd;
(D)their life shall be like a watered garden,
(E)and they shall languish no more.
13 (F)Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old shall be merry.
(G)I will turn their mourning into joy;
I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.
Isaiah 40:1-2
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Comfort for God's People
40 (A)Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
2 (B)Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
and cry to her
that (C)her warfare[a] is ended,
that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
double for all her sins.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 40:2 Or hardship
Isaiah 12:1
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The Lord Is My Strength and My Song
12 You[a] will say (A)in that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
for though you were angry with me,
(B)your anger turned away,
that you might comfort me.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 12:1 The Hebrew for you is singular in verse 1
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
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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Matthew 5:4
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4 “Blessed are (A)those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
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Deuteronomy 2:14-16
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14 And the time from our leaving (A)Kadesh-barnea until we crossed (B)the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, (C)until the entire generation, that is, the men of war, had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them. 15 For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from the camp, until they had perished.
16 “So as soon as all the men of war had perished and were dead from among the people,
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Isaiah 65:18-19
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18 But be glad and rejoice forever
in that which I create;
for behold, (A)I create Jerusalem to be a joy,
and her people to be a gladness.
19 (B)I will rejoice in Jerusalem
and be glad in my people;
(C)no more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping
and the cry of distress.
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]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:3 Or that he may display his beauty
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