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2John 1:4
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2 Corinthians 2 9
I wrote for this purpose: to test your character to see if you are obedient in everything.
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Psalms 31:9-11
Be gracious to me, LORD, because I am in distress; my eyes are worn out from frustration— my whole being as well.Indeed, my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my strength has failed because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.I am ridiculed by all my adversaries and even by my neighbors. I am dreaded by my acquaintances; those who see me in the street run from me.
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2 Corinthians 2 3-2 Corinthians 2 4
I wrote this very thing so that when I came I wouldn’t have pain from those who ought to give me joy, because I am confident about all of you that my joy will also be yours.For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart— not to cause you pain, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.
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Jude 1:3
Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write, appealing to you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all.
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2 Corinthians 7 10-2 Corinthians 7 11
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly grief produces death.For consider how much diligence this very thing— this grieving as God wills— has produced in you: what a desire to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what deep longing, what zeal, what justice! In every way you showed yourselves to be pure in this matter.
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Matthew 26:75
and Peter remembered the words Jesus had spoken,“ Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
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2 Corinthians 1 14
just as you have partially understood us— that we are your reason for pride, just as you also are ours in the day of our Lord Jesus.
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Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
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Proverbs 9:8-9
Don’t rebuke a mocker, or he will hate you; rebuke the wise, and he will love you.Instruct the wise, and he will be wiser still; teach the righteous, and he will learn more.
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2 Corinthians 8 16
Thanks be to God, who put the same concern for you into the heart of Titus.
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Luke 22:44
Being in anguish, he prayed more fervently, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
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1 Thessalonians 3 8
For now we live, if you stand firm in the Lord.
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Acts 11:23
When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was glad and encouraged all of them to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,
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James 4:9-10
Be miserable and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.
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Judges 2:4-5
When the angel of the LORD had spoken these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.So they named that place Bochim and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.
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Romans 1:12
that is, to be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.
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Philippians 1:20
My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all courage, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether by life or by death.
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Psalms 30:5
For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor, a lifetime. Weeping may stay overnight, but there is joy in the morning.
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2 Corinthians 5 2
Indeed, we groan in this tent, desiring to put on our heavenly dwelling,
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Psalms 38:18
So I confess my iniquity; I am anxious because of my sin.
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Psalms 126:5-6
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.Though one goes along weeping, carrying the bag of seed, he will surely come back with shouts of joy, carrying his sheaves.
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Psalms 51:1
Be gracious to me, God, according to your faithful love; according to your abundant compassion, blot out my rebellion.
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1 Thessalonians 3 6
But now Timothy has come to us from you and brought us good news about your faith and love. He reported that you always have good memories of us and that you long to see us, as we also long to see you.
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Psalms 141:5
Let the righteous one strike me— it is an act of faithful love; let him rebuke me— it is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. Even now my prayer is against the evil acts of the wicked.
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James 5:17
Elijah was a human being as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the land.
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Psalms 6:1-6
LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger; do not discipline me in your wrath.Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am weak; heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking;my whole being is shaken with terror. And you, LORD— how long?Turn, LORD! Rescue me; save me because of your faithful love.For there is no remembrance of you in death; who can thank you in Sheol?I am weary from my groaning; with my tears I dampen my bed and drench my couch every night.
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Jeremiah 31:18-20
I have surely heard Ephraim moaning,“ You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined like an untrained calf. Take me back, so that I can return, for you, LORD, are my God.After my return, I felt regret; After I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.”Isn’t Ephraim a precious son to me, a delightful child? Whenever I speak against him, I certainly still think about him. Therefore, my inner being yearns for him; I will truly have compassion on him. This is the LORD’s declaration.
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Hebrews 2:1
For this reason, we must pay attention all the more to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.
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Colossians 2:5
For I may be absent in body, but I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see how well ordered you are and the strength of your faith in Christ.