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Proverbs 15:13
A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.
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2 Corinthians 6 10
as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
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Proverbs 17:22
A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
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Romans 5:11
Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.
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Romans 12:12
Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.
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Romans 5:2-3
through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
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Acts 16:25
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.
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1 Peter 1 6-1 Peter 1 8
This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold– gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away– and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,
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2 Corinthians 1 5
For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you.
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1 Peter 4 13
But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad.
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Proverbs 16:22
Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.
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2 Corinthians 1 12
For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
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Genesis 37:35
All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled.“ No,” he said,“ I will go to the grave mourning my son.” So Joseph’s father wept for him.
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Psalms 90:7-9
Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath.You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins.Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh.
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Genesis 47:9
Jacob said to Pharaoh,“ All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors.”