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.
Psalm 16:11
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11 You make known to me (A)the path of life;
in your presence there is (B)fullness of joy;
at your right hand are (C)pleasures forevermore.
Psalm 21:6
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Footnotes
- Psalm 21:6 Or make him a source of blessing forever
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 51:8
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Psalm 51:12
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12 Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:26
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26 For to the one who pleases him (A)God has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he has given (B)the business of gathering and collecting, (C)only to give to one who pleases God. (D)This also is vanity and a striving after wind.
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Jeremiah 15:16
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16 Your words were found, (A)and I ate them,
and (B)your words became to me a joy
and the delight of my heart,
(C)for I am called by your name,
O Lord, God of hosts.
Jeremiah 31:13
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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.
Matthew 5:12
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12 (A)Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for (B)so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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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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Acts 5:41
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41 Then they left the presence of the council, (A)rejoicing that they were counted worthy (B)to suffer dishonor for (C)the name.
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James 1:2-4
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Testing of Your Faith
2 (A)Count it all joy, my brothers,[a] when you meet trials (B)of various kinds, 3 for you know that (C)the testing of your faith (D)produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be (E)perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
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1 Peter 1:6
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6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by (A)various trials,
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1 Peter 4:12-13
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Suffering as a Christian
12 Beloved, do not be surprised at (A)the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice (B)insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad (C)when his glory is revealed.
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