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2John 1:4
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2 Corinthians 2 9
For to this end I also wrote, that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things.
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Psalms 31:9-11
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; My eye wastes away with grief, Yes, my soul and my body!For my life is spent with grief, And my years with sighing; My strength fails because of my iniquity, And my bones waste away.I am a reproach among all my enemies, But especially among my neighbors, And am repulsive to my acquaintances; Those who see me outside flee from me.
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2 Corinthians 2 3-2 Corinthians 2 4
And I wrote this very thing to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow over those from whom I ought to have joy, having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all.For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have so abundantly for you.
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Jude 1:3
Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
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2 Corinthians 7 10-2 Corinthians 7 11
For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
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Matthew 26:75
And Peter remembered the word of Jesus who had said to him,“ Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” So he went out and wept bitterly.
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2 Corinthians 1 14
( as also you have understood us in part), that we are your boast as you also are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.
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Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.
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Proverbs 9:8-9
Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; Rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
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2 Corinthians 8 16
But thanks be to God who puts the same earnest care for you into the heart of Titus.
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Luke 22:44
And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
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1 Thessalonians 3 8
For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.
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Acts 11:23
When he came and had seen the grace of God, he was glad, and encouraged them all that with purpose of heart they should continue with the Lord.
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James 4:9-10
Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
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Judges 2:4-5
So it was, when the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept.Then they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there to the Lord.
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Romans 1:12
that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
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Philippians 1:20
according to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.
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Psalms 30:5
For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for life; Weeping may endure for a night, But joy comes in the morning.
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2 Corinthians 5 2
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our habitation which is from heaven,
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Psalms 38:18
For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin.
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Psalms 126:5-6
Those who sow in tears Shall reap in joy.He who continually goes forth weeping, Bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, Bringing his sheaves with him.
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Psalms 51:1
Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions.
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1 Thessalonians 3 6
But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always have good remembrance of us, greatly desiring to see us, as we also to see you—
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Psalms 141:5
Let the righteous strike me; It shall be a kindness. And let him rebuke me; It shall be as excellent oil; Let my head not refuse it. For still my prayer is against the deeds of the wicked.
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James 5:17
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.
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Psalms 6:1-6
O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure.Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.My soul also is greatly troubled; But You, O Lord— how long?Return, O Lord, deliver me! Oh, save me for Your mercies’ sake!For in death there is no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks?I am weary with my groaning; All night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears.
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Jeremiah 31:18-20
“ I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself:‘ You have chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained bull; Restore me, and I will return, For You are the Lord my God.Surely, after my turning, I repented; And after I was instructed, I struck myself on the thigh; I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated, Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a pleasant child? For though I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the Lord.
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Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.
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Colossians 2:5
For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.