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Ecclesiastes 3:22
So I perceived that nothing is better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for that is his heritage. For who can bring him to see what will happen 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
“ Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything,
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Psalms 40:3
He has put a new song in my mouth— Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear, And will trust in the Lord.
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Ecclesiastes 12:8
“ Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,“ All is vanity.”
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2 Chronicles 33 12-2 Chronicles 33 13
Now when he was in affliction, he implored the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,and prayed to Him; and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord was God.
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Hosea 2:6-7
“ Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, And wall her in, So that she cannot find her paths.She will chase her lovers, But not overtake them; Yes, she will seek them, but not find them. Then she will say,‘ I will go and return to my first husband, For then it was better for me than now.’
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Luke 15:17-18
“ But when he came to himself, he said,‘ How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him,“ Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you,
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1 Kings 17 17-1 Kings 17 18
Now it happened after these things that the son of the woman who owned the house became sick. And his sickness was so serious that there was no breath left in him.So she said to Elijah,“ What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to kill my son?”
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Isaiah 42:25
Therefore He has poured on him the fury of His anger And the strength of battle; It has set him on fire all around, Yet he did not know; And it burned him, Yet he did not take it to heart.
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Jeremiah 23:20
The anger of the Lord will not turn back Until He has executed and performed the thoughts of His heart. In the latter days you will understand it perfectly.
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Deuteronomy 8:3
So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.
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Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying,“ We must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.”
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is man’s all.
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John 16:22-23
Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.“ And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.
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Psalms 30:11-12
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,To the end that my glory may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever.
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Job 10:1-2
“ My soul loathes my life; I will give free course to my complaint, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.I will say to God,‘ Do not condemn me; Show me why You contend with me.
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Isaiah 22:12-14
And in that day the Lord GOD of hosts Called for weeping and for mourning, For baldness and for girding with sackcloth.But instead, joy and gladness, Slaying oxen and killing sheep, Eating meat and drinking wine:“ Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”Then it was revealed in my hearing by the Lord of hosts,“ Surely for this iniquity there will be no atonement for you, Even to your death,” says the Lord GOD of hosts.
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1 Kings 8 47
yet when they come to themselves in the land where they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication to You in the land of those who took them captive, saying,‘ We have sinned and done wrong, we have committed wickedness’;
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Micah 6:9
The LORD’s voice cries to the city— Wisdom shall see Your name:“ Hear the Rod! Who has appointed it?
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Haggai 1:5-7
Now therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts:“ Consider your ways!“ You have sown much, and bring in little; You eat, but do not have enough; You drink, but you are not filled with drink; You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; And he who earns wages, Earns wages to put into a bag with holes.”Thus says the Lord of hosts:“ Consider your ways!
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James 5:13
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms.
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Isaiah 26:11
Lord, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see. But they will see and be ashamed For their envy of people; Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.
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Psalms 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes.
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Psalms 94:12-13
Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O Lord, And teach out of Your law,That You may give him rest from the days of adversity, Until the pit is dug for the wicked.
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Matthew 9:13
But go and learn what this means:‘ I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”