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Ecclesiastes 3:22
I have seen that nothing is better than when a person is happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see what will occur after him?
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Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance.
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Deuteronomy 28:47
“ Since you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and a cheerful heart, in gratitude for the abundance of all things,
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Psalms 40:3
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear And will trust in the Lord.
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Ecclesiastes 12:8
“ Futility of futilities,” says the Preacher,“ all is futility!”
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2 Chronicles 33 12-2 Chronicles 33 13
When he was in distress, he appeased the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.When he prayed to Him, He was moved by him and heard his pleading, and brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord alone is God.
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Hosea 2:6-7
Therefore, behold, I will obstruct her way with thorns, And I will build a stone wall against her so that she cannot find her paths.And she will pursue her lovers, but she will not reach them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say,‘ I will go back to my first husband, Because it was better for me then than now!’
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Luke 15:17-18
But when he came to his senses, he said,‘ How many of my father’s hired laborers have more than enough bread, but I am dying here from hunger!I will set out and go to my father, and will say to him,“ Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight;
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1 Kings 17 17-1 Kings 17 18
Now it happened after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his condition became very grave, until at the end he was no longer breathing.So she said to Elijah,“ Why is my business any of yours, you man of God? Yet you have come to me to bring my wrongdoing to remembrance, and to put my son to death!”
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Isaiah 42:25
So He poured out on him the heat of His anger And the fierceness of battle; And it set him aflame all around, Yet he did not recognize it; And it burned him, but he paid no attention.
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Jeremiah 23:20
The anger of the Lord will not turn back Until He has performed and carried out the purposes of His heart; In the last days you will clearly understand it.
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Deuteronomy 8:3
And He humbled you and let you go hungry, and fed you with the manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, in order to make you understand that man shall not live on bread alone, but man shall live on everything that comes out of the mouth of the Lord.
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Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying,“ It is through many tribulations that we must enter the kingdom of God.”
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
The conclusion, when everything has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person.
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John 16:22-23
Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one is going to take your joy away from you.And on that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.
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Psalms 30:11-12
You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have untied my sackcloth and encircled me with joy,That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent. Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
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Job 10:1-2
“ I am disgusted with my own life; I will express my complaint freely; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.I will say to God,‘ Do not condemn me; Let me know why You contend with me.
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Isaiah 22:12-14
Therefore on that day the Lord God of armies called you to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head, and to wearing sackcloth.Instead, there is joy and jubilation, Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, Eating of meat and drinking of wine:“ Let’s eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die.”But the Lord of armies revealed Himself to me:“ Certainly this wrongdoing will not be forgiven you Until you die,” says the Lord God of armies.
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1 Kings 8 47
if they take it to heart in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and implore Your favor in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying,‘ We have sinned and done wrong, we have acted wickedly’;
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Micah 6:9
The voice of the Lord will call to the city— And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name:“ Hear, you tribe. Who has designated its time?
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Haggai 1:5-7
Now then, the Lord of armies says this:“ Consider your ways!You have sown much, only to harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but there is not enough for anyone to get warm; and the one who earns, earns wages to put into a money bag full of holes.”The Lord of armies says this:“ Consider your ways!
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James 5:13
Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises.
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Isaiah 26:11
Lord, Your hand is lifted up, yet they do not see it. They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame; Indeed, fire will devour Your enemies.
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Psalms 119:71
It is good for me that I was afflicted, So that I may learn Your statutes.
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Psalms 94:12-13
Blessed is the man whom You discipline, Lord, And whom You teach from Your Law,So that You may grant him relief from the days of adversity, Until a pit is dug for the wicked.
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Matthew 9:13
Now go and learn what this means:‘ I desire compassion, rather than sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”
