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Matthew 5:6
Those who hunger and thirst for righteousness are blessed, for they will be filled.
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Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Lord God is on Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners;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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Matthew 5:4
Those who mourn are blessed, for they will be comforted.
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John 6:35
“ I am the bread of life,” Jesus told them.“ No one who comes to Me will ever be hungry, and no one who believes in Me will ever be thirsty again.
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James 1:12
A man who endures trials is blessed, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
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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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Isaiah 55:1-2
“ Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!Why do you spend money on what is not food, and your wages on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and you will enjoy the choicest of foods.
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Luke 1:53
He has satisfied the hungry with good things and sent the rich away empty.
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Revelation 7:16
They will no longer hunger; they will no longer thirst; the sun will no longer strike them, nor will any heat.
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Jeremiah 31:13-14
Then the young woman will rejoice with dancing, while young and old men rejoice together. I will turn their mourning into joy, give them consolation, and bring happiness out of grief.I will refresh the priests with an abundance, and My people will be satisfied with My goodness. This is the Lord’s declaration.
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Psalms 17:15
But I will see Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied with Your presence.
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Jeremiah 31:9
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.
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1 Corinthians 4 11
Up to the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are poorly clothed, roughly treated, homeless;
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Isaiah 30:19
For you people will live on Zion in Jerusalem and will never cry again. He will show favor to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears, He will answer you.
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Psalms 119:136
My eyes pour out streams of tears because people do not follow Your instruction.
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Psalms 63:1-5
God, You are my God; I eagerly seek You. I thirst for You; my body faints for You in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.So I gaze on You in the sanctuary to see Your strength and Your glory.My lips will glorify You because Your faithful love is better than life.So I will praise You as long as I live; at Your name, I will lift up my hands.You satisfy me as with rich food; my mouth will praise You with joyful lips.
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Psalms 107:9
For He has satisfied the thirsty and filled the hungry with good things.
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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 moaning, each over his own iniquity.
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Psalms 6:6-8
I am weary from my groaning; with my tears I dampen my pillow and drench my bed 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.
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Isaiah 65:13-14
Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: My servants will eat, but you will be hungry; My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.My servants will shout for joy from a glad heart, but you will cry out from an anguished heart, and you will lament out of a broken spirit.
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John 7:37-38
On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out,“ If anyone is thirsty, he should come to Me and drink!The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.”
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2 Corinthians 6 10
as grieving yet always rejoicing; as poor yet enriching many; as having nothing yet possessing everything.
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John 4:10
Jesus answered,“ If you knew the gift of God, and who is saying to you,‘ Give Me a drink,’ you would ask Him, and He would give you living water.”
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2 Corinthians 11 27
labor and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and lacking clothing.
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2 Corinthians 12 10
So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, catastrophes, persecutions, and in pressures, because of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself,“ Can a child be born to a hundred-year-old man? Can Sarah, a ninety-year-old woman, give birth?”
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2 Corinthians 7 10-2 Corinthians 7 11
For godly grief produces a repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death.For consider how much diligence this very thing— this grieving as God wills— has produced in you: what a desire to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what deep longing, what zeal, what justice! In every way you showed yourselves to be pure in this matter.
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John 11:35
Jesus wept.
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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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Isaiah 57:17-18
Because of his sinful greed I was angry, so I struck him; I was angry and hid; but he went on turning back to the desires of his heart.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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Romans 9:1-3
I speak the truth in Christ— I am not lying; my conscience is testifying to me with the Holy Spirit—that I have intense sorrow and continual anguish in my heart.For I could almost wish to be cursed and cut off from the Messiah for the benefit of my brothers, my own flesh and blood.
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Psalms 28:7
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I praise Him with my song.
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Jeremiah 9:1
If my head were a spring of water, my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night over the slain of my dear people.
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Psalms 30:11-12
You turned my lament into dancing; You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,so that I can sing to You and not be silent. Lord my God, I will praise You forever.
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1 Peter 1 6-1 Peter 1 8
You rejoice in this, though now for a short time you have had to struggle in various trialsso that the genuineness of your faith— more valuable than gold, which perishes though refined by fire— may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.You love Him, though you have not seen Him. And though not seeing Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with inexpressible and glorious joy,
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Isaiah 25:6
The Lord of Hosts will prepare a feast for all the peoples on this mountain— a feast of aged wine, choice meat, finely aged wine.
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James 1:2-4
Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials,knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.But endurance must do its complete work, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.
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Isaiah 12:1-2
On that day you will say:“ I will praise You, Lord, although You were angry with me. Your anger has turned away, and You have had compassion on me.Indeed, God is my salvation; I will trust Him and not be afraid, for Yah, the Lord, is my strength and my song. He has become my salvation.”
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2 Corinthians 1 4-2 Corinthians 1 6
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 as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so through Christ our comfort also overflows.If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is experienced in your endurance of the same sufferings that we suffer.
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Isaiah 44:3-4
For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants and My blessing on your offspring.They will sprout among the grass like poplars by flowing streams.
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Jeremiah 31:25
for I satisfy the thirsty person and feed all those who are weak.”
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Psalms 65:4
How happy is the one You choose and bring near to live in Your courts! We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
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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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Psalms 143:6
I spread out my hands to You; I am like parched land before You. Selah
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John 16:20-21
“ I assure you: You will weep and wail, 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.
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Jeremiah 31:18-20
I have heard Ephraim moaning,“ You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined like an untrained calf. Restore me, and I will return, for you, Lord, are my God.After I returned, I repented; After I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.”Isn’t Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Whenever I speak against him, I certainly still think about him. Therefore, My inner being yearns for him; I will truly have compassion on him. This is the Lord’s declaration.
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Psalms 42:1-3
As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for You, God.I thirst for God, the living God. When can I come and appear before God?My tears have been my food day and night, while all day long people say to me,“ Where is your God?”
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Revelation 21:3
Then I heard a loud voice from the throne: Look! God’s dwelling is with humanity, and He will live with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God.
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Ecclesiastes 7:2-3
It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, since that is the end of all mankind, and the living should take it to heart.Grief is better than laughter, for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.
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Psalms 126:1-2
When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.Our mouths were filled with laughter then, and our tongues with shouts of joy. Then they said among the nations,“ The Lord has done great things for them.”
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Jeremiah 13:17
But if you will not listen, my innermost being will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, for the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
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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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Genesis 21:6
Sarah said,“ God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
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Isaiah 49:9-10
saying to the prisoners: Come out, and to those who are in darkness: Show yourselves. They will feed along the pathways, and their pastures will be on all the barren heights.They will not hunger or thirst, the scorching heat or sun will not strike them; for their compassionate One will guide them, and lead them to springs of water.
