Psalm 30:11
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11 You have turned my mourning into dancing;
you have taken off my sackcloth
and clothed me with joy,(A)
Jeremiah 31:4
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4 Again I will build you, and you shall be built,
O virgin Israel!
Again you shall adorn yourself with your tambourines
and go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.(A)
Isaiah 25:8
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8 he will swallow up death forever.
Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces,
and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth,
for the Lord has spoken.(A)
Ecclesiastes 3:4
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4 a time to weep and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn and a time to dance;(A)
Psalm 149:3
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3 Let them praise his name with dancing,
making melody to him with tambourine and lyre.(A)
2 Chronicles 20:12
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12 O our God, will you not execute judgment upon them? For we are powerless against this great multitude that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”(A)
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Jeremiah 31:13-14
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13 Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance,
and the young men and the old shall be merry.[a]
I will turn their mourning into joy;
I will comfort them and give them gladness for sorrow.(A)
14 I will give the priests their fill of fatness,
and my people shall be satisfied with my bounty,
says the Lord.(B)
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- 31.13 Cn: Heb old together
Psalm 150:4
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4 Praise him with tambourine and dance;
praise him with strings and pipe!(A)
Luke 15:22
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22 But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly, bring out a robe—the best one—and put it on him; put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.(A)
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Psalm 126:1-2
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Psalm 126
A Harvest of Joy
A Song of Ascents.
1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion,[a]
we were like those who dream.(A)
2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then it was said among the nations,
“The Lord has done great things for them.”(B)
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- 126.1 Or brought back those who returned to Zion
Psalm 30:5
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5 For his anger is but for a moment;
his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may linger for the night,
but joy comes with the morning.(A)
Psalm 4:7
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7 You have put gladness in my heart
more than when their grain and wine abound.(A)
2 Samuel 6:14
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14 David danced before the Lord with all his might; David was girded with a linen ephod.(A)
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Revelation 21:4
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4 he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more;
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for[a] the first things have passed away.”(A)
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- 21.4 Other ancient authorities lack for
John 16:20
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20 Very truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will have pain, but your pain will turn into joy.
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Isaiah 61:10
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10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord;
my whole being shall exult in my God,
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;
he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.(A)
Isaiah 61:3
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3 to provide for those who mourn in Zion—
to give them a garland instead of ashes,
the oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.(A)
2 Chronicles 20:9
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9 ‘If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment,[a] or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before you, for your name is in this house, and cry to you in our distress, and you will hear and save.’(A)
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- 20.9 Or the sword of judgment
Revelation 7:14-17
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14 I said to him, “Sir, you are the one who knows.” Then he said to me, “These are they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.(A)
15 For this reason they are before the throne of God
and worship him day and night within his temple,
and the one who is seated on the throne will shelter them.(B)
16 They will hunger no more and thirst no more;
the sun will not strike them,
nor any scorching heat,(C)
17 for the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd,
and he will guide them to springs of the water of life,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”(D)
Isaiah 66:10-11
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10 Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,
all you who love her;
rejoice with her in joy,
all you who mourn over her—(A)
11 that you may nurse and be satisfied
from her consoling breast,
that you may drink deeply with delight
from her glorious bosom.(B)
2 Chronicles 20:27-28
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27 Then all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat at their head, returned to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had enabled them to rejoice over their enemies.(A) 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 Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;
cities of ruthless nations will fear you.
Esther 9:22
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22 as the days on which the Jews gained relief from their enemies and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday, that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and presents to the poor.(A)
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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 send portions of them to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord, and do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”(A)
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Genesis 45:28
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28 Israel said, “Enough! My son Joseph is still alive. I must go and see him before I die.”
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