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Psalms 39:6-7
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up[ riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope[ is] in thee.
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Job 17:11-15
My days are past, my purposes are broken off,[ even] the thoughts of my heart.They change the night into day: the light[ is] short because of darkness.If I wait, the grave[ is] mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.I have said to corruption, Thou[ art] my father: to the worm,[ Thou art] my mother, and my sister.And where[ is] now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
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Genesis 43:14
And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved[ of my children], I am bereaved.
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2 Corinthians 1 8-2 Corinthians 1 10
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver[ us];
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1 Thessalonians 3 3-1 Thessalonians 3 4
That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
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1 Corinthians 15 19
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
