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Revelation 21:4
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; grief, crying, and pain will be no more, because the previous things have passed away.
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2 Corinthians 7 9-2 Corinthians 7 10
I now rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because your grief led to repentance. For you were grieved as God willed, so that you didn’t experience any loss from us.For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly grief produces death.
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Isaiah 61:2-3
to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor, and the day of our God’s vengeance; to comfort all who mourn,to provide for those who mourn in Zion; to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, festive oil instead of mourning, and splendid clothes instead of despair. And they will be called righteous trees, planted by the LORD to glorify him.
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John 16:20-22
Truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice. You will become sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy.When a woman is in labor, she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.So you also have sorrow now. But I will see you again. Your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy from you.
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Isaiah 57:18
I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
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Luke 6:21
Blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, because you will laugh.
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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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Isaiah 51:11-12
And the ransomed of the LORD will return and come to Zion with singing, crowned with unending joy. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.I— I am the one who comforts you. Who are you that you should fear humans who die, or a son of man who is given up like grass?
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2 Corinthians 1 4-2 Corinthians 1 7
He comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction, through the comfort we ourselves receive from God.For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings that we suffer.And our hope for you is firm, because we know that as you share in the sufferings, so you will also share in the comfort.
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James 1:12
Blessed is the one who endures trials, because when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
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Revelation 7:14-17
I said to him,“ Sir, you know.” Then he told me: These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple. The one seated on the throne will shelter them:They will no longer hunger; they will no longer thirst; the sun will no longer strike them, nor will any scorching heat.For the Lamb who is at the center of the throne will shepherd them; he will guide them to springs of the waters of life, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
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Isaiah 25:8
When he has swallowed up death once and for all, the Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove his people’s disgrace from the whole earth, for the LORD has spoken.
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Isaiah 66:10
Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her—
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Isaiah 35:10
and the ransomed of the LORD will return and come to Zion with singing, crowned with unending joy. Joy and gladness will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
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Psalms 30:7-11
LORD, when you showed your favor, you made me stand like a strong mountain; when you hid your face, I was terrified.LORD, I called to you; I sought favor from my Lord:“ What gain is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your truth?LORD, listen and be gracious to me; LORD, be my helper.”You turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
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Isaiah 30:19
For people will live on Zion in Jerusalem. You will never weep again; he will show favor to you at the sound of your outcry; as soon as he hears, he will answer you.
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Ezekiel 9:4
“ Pass throughout the city of Jerusalem,” the LORD said to him,“ and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the detestable practices committed in it.”
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Jeremiah 31:16-17
This is what the LORD says: Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come— this is the LORD’s declaration— and your children will return from the enemy’s land.There is hope for your future— this is the LORD’s declaration— and your children will return to their own territory.
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Ezekiel 7:16
The survivors among them will escape and live on the mountains. Like doves of the valley, all of them will moan, each over his own iniquity.
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Psalms 13:1-5
How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?How long will I store up anxious concerns within me, agony in my mind every day? How long will my enemy dominate me?Consider me and answer, LORD my God. Restore brightness to my eyes; otherwise, I will sleep in death.My enemy will say,“ I have triumphed over him,” and my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.But I have trusted in your faithful love; my heart will rejoice in your deliverance.
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Psalms 40:1-3
I waited patiently for the LORD, and he turned to me and heard my cry for help.He brought me up from a desolate pit, out of the muddy clay, and set my feet on a rock, making my steps secure.He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and they will trust in the LORD.
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Psalms 69:29-30
But as for me— poor and in pain— let your salvation protect me, God.I will praise God’s name with song and exalt him with thanksgiving.
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Psalms 32:3-7
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the summer’s heat. SelahThen I acknowledged my sin to you and did not conceal my iniquity. I said,“ I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and you forgave the guilt of my sin. SelahTherefore let everyone who is faithful pray to you immediately. When great floodwaters come, they will not reach him.You are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with joyful shouts of deliverance. Selah
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Luke 16:25
“‘ Son,’ Abraham said,‘ remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
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Psalms 6:1-9
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.My eyes are swollen from grief; they grow old because of all my enemies.Depart from me, all evildoers, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.The LORD has heard my plea for help; the LORD accepts my prayer.
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Isaiah 12:1
On that day you will say:“ I will give thanks to you, LORD, although you were angry with me. Your anger has turned away, and you have comforted me.
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Psalms 116:3-7
The ropes of death were wrapped around me, and the torments of Sheol overcame me; I encountered trouble and sorrow.Then I called on the name of the LORD:“ LORD, save me!”The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is compassionate.The LORD guards the inexperienced; I was helpless, and he saved me.Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.
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Isaiah 38:14-19
I chirp like a swallow or a crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed; support me.What can I say? He has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. I walk along slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.Lord, by such things people live, and in every one of them my spirit finds life; you have restored me to health and let me live.Indeed, it was for my own well-being that I had such intense bitterness; but your love has delivered me from the Pit of destruction, for you have thrown all my sins behind your back.For Sheol cannot thank you; Death cannot praise you. Those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.The living, only the living can thank you, as I do today; a father will make your faithfulness known to children.
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Luke 6:25
Woe to you who are now full, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who are now laughing, for you will mourn and weep.
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Luke 7:50
And he said to the woman,“ Your faith has saved you. Go in peace.”
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Luke 7:38
and stood behind him at his feet, weeping, and began to wash his feet with her tears. She wiped his feet with her hair, kissing them and anointing them with the perfume.
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Jeremiah 31:9-12
They will come weeping, but I will bring them back with consolation. I will lead them to wadis filled with water, by a smooth way where they will not stumble, for I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is my firstborn.Nations, hear the word of the LORD, and tell it among the far off coasts and islands! Say,“ The one who scattered Israel will gather him. He will watch over him as a shepherd guards his flock,for the LORD has ransomed Jacob and redeemed him from the power of one stronger than he.”They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant with joy because of the LORD’s goodness, because of the grain, the new wine, the fresh oil, and because of the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like an irrigated garden, and they will no longer grow weak from hunger.
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Zechariah 12:10-13:1
“ Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the house of David and the residents of Jerusalem, and they will look at me whom they pierced. They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child and weep bitterly for him as one weeps for a firstborn.On that day the mourning in Jerusalem will be as great as the mourning of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.The land will mourn, every family by itself: the family of David’s house by itself and their women by themselves; the family of Nathan’s house by itself and their women by themselves;the family of Levi’s house by itself and their women by themselves; the family of Shimei by itself and their women by themselves;all the remaining families, every family by itself, and their women by themselves.“ On that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the residents of Jerusalem, to wash away sin and impurity.
