Romans 12:15
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15 Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
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1 Corinthians 12:26
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26 If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it.
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Hebrews 13:3
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3 Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them, those who are being tortured, as though you yourselves were being tortured.[a]
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- 13.3 Gk were in the body
Psalm 35:13-14
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13 But as for me, when they were sick,
I wore sackcloth;
I afflicted myself with fasting.
I prayed with head bowed[a] on my bosom,(A)
14 as though I grieved for a friend or a brother;
I went about as one who laments for a mother,
bowed down and in mourning.
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- 35.13 Or My prayer turned back
John 11:33-36
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33 When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. 34 He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus began to weep.(A) 36 So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
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Job 30:25
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25 Did I not weep for those whose day was hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the poor?(A)
Luke 1:58
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58 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.(A)
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Philippians 2:17-18
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17 But even if I am being poured out as a libation over the sacrifice and the service of your faith, I rejoice, and I rejoice together with all of you;(A) 18 in the same way also you should rejoice and rejoice together with me.
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Luke 15:5-10
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5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders and rejoices. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.(A)
The Parable of the Lost Coin
8 “Or what woman having ten silver coins, if she loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ 10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”(B)
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Jeremiah 9:1
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9 [a]O that my head were a spring of water
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
so that I might weep day and night
for the slain of the daughter of my people!(A)
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- 9.1 8.23 in Heb
Acts 11:23
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23 When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast devotion,(A)
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Philippians 2:26
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26 for he has been longing for[a] all of you and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.
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- 2.26 Other ancient authorities read longing to see
2 Corinthians 11:29
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29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I am not indignant?(A)
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2 Corinthians 2:3
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3 And I wrote as I did, so that when I came, I might not suffer grief from those who should have made me rejoice, for I am confident about all of you, that my joy would be the joy of all of you.(A)
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John 11:19
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19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother.(A)
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Isaiah 66:10-14
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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)
12 For thus says the Lord:
I will extend prosperity to her like a river
and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream,
and you shall nurse and be carried on her arm
and bounced on her knees.(C)
13 As a mother comforts her child,
so I will comfort you;
you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.(D)
The Reign and Indignation of God
14 You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;
your bodies[a] shall flourish like the grass,
and it shall be known that the power of the Lord is with his servants,
and his indignation is against his enemies.(E)
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- 66.14 Heb bones
Job 2:11
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Job’s Three Friends
11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all these troubles that had come upon him, each of them set out from his home—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to go and console and comfort him.(A)
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Nehemiah 1:4
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4 When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.(A)
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Philippians 2:28
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28 I am the more eager to send him, therefore, in order that you may rejoice at seeing him again and that I may be less anxious.
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