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Ecclesiastes 3:22
So I perceived there is nothing better than for people to enjoy their work, because that is their reward; for who can show them what the future holds?
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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 have not served the LORD your God joyfully and wholeheartedly with the abundance of everything you have,
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Psalms 40:3
He gave me reason to sing a new song, praising our God. May many see what God has done, so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the LORD!
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Ecclesiastes 12:8
“ Absolutely futile!” laments the Teacher,“ All of these things are futile!”
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2 Chronicles 33 12-2 Chronicles 33 13
In his pain Manasseh asked the LORD his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.When he prayed to the LORD, the LORD responded to him and answered favorably his cry for mercy. The LORD brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the LORD is the true God.
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Hosea 2:6-7
Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.Then she will pursue her lovers, but she will not catch them; she will seek them, but she will not find them. Then she will say,“ I will go back to my husband, because I was better off then than I am 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 workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger!I will get up and go to my father and say to him,“ Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
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1 Kings 17 17-1 Kings 17 18
After this the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe.She asked Elijah,“ Why, prophet, have you come to me to confront me with my sin and kill my son?”
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Isaiah 42:25
So he poured out his fierce anger on them, along with the devastation of war. Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; it burned against them, but they did notice.
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Jeremiah 23:20
The anger of the LORD will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you people will come to understand this clearly.
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Deuteronomy 8:3
So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the LORD’s mouth.
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Acts 14:22
They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying,“ We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.”
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Ecclesiastes 12:13
Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man.
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John 16:22-23
So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.At that time you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
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Psalms 30:11-12
Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.So now my heart will sing to you and not be silent; O LORD my God, I will always give thanks to you.
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Job 10:1-2
“ I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.I will say to God,‘ Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.’
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Isaiah 22:12-14
At that time the sovereign master, the LORD who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.But look, there is outright celebration! You say,“ Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep, eat meat and drink wine. Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”The LORD who commands armies told me this:“ Certainly this sin will not be forgiven as long as you live,” says the sovereign master, the LORD who commands armies.
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1 Kings 8 47
When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting,‘ We have sinned and gone astray; we have done evil.’
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Micah 6:9
Listen! The LORD is calling to the city! It is wise to respect your authority, O LORD! Listen, O nation, and those assembled in the city!
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Haggai 1:5-7
Here then is what the LORD who rules over all says:‘ Think carefully about what you are doing.You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.’”“ Moreover, the LORD who rules over all says:‘ Pay close attention to these things also.
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James 5:13
Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises.
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Isaiah 26:11
O LORD, you are ready to act, but they don’t even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies.
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Psalms 119:71
It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes.
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Psalms 94:12-13
How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O LORD, the one whom you teach from your law,in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed.
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Matthew 9:13
Go and learn what this saying means:‘ I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”