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James 1:2
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds,
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1 Peter 5 10
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.
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Romans 5:2
through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God.
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Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
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Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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Isaiah 61:3
and provide for those who grieve in Zion— to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor.
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John 16:33
“ I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
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1 Peter 4 12-1 Peter 4 13
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.
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Psalms 34:19
The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all;
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1 Corinthians 4 9-1 Corinthians 4 13
For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings.We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored!To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world— right up to this moment.
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Psalms 119:28
My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.
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John 16:22
So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
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Matthew 11:28
“ Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
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Acts 14:22
strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith.“ We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
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James 4:9
Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.
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Romans 5:11
Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
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Luke 10:20
However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”
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1 Peter 1 7-1 Peter 1 8
These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith— of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire— may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
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Hebrews 12:7-11
Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?If you are not disciplined— and everyone undergoes discipline— then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
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Psalms 95:1
Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.
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Job 9:27-28
If I say,‘ I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,’I still dread all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent.
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Hebrews 11:35-38
Women received back their dead, raised to life again. There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection.Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated—the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.
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James 1:9
Believers in humble circumstances ought to take pride in their high position.
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1 Samuel 2 1
Then Hannah prayed and said:“ My heart rejoices in the Lord; in the Lord my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight in your deliverance.
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2 Corinthians 4 7-2 Corinthians 4 11
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body.
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1 Peter 4 7
The end of all things is near. Therefore be alert and of sober mind so that you may pray.
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2 Corinthians 4 17
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.
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Isaiah 12:2-3
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.”With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
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2 Corinthians 12 9-2 Corinthians 12 10
But he said to me,“ My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
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Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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Psalms 69:20
Scorn has broken my heart and has left me helpless; I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found none.
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Philippians 3:3
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
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2 Corinthians 6 10
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
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2 Corinthians 11 23-2 Corinthians 11 27
Are they servants of Christ?( I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again.Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea,I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers.I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.
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Lamentations 3:32-33
Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone.
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Psalms 119:75
I know, Lord, that your laws are righteous, and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
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Psalms 9:14
that I may declare your praises in the gates of Daughter Zion, and there rejoice in your salvation.
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1 Thessalonians 1 6
You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.
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Psalms 35:10
My whole being will exclaim,“ Who is like you, Lord? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them.”
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Isaiah 61:10
I delight greatly in the Lord; my soul rejoices in my God. For he has clothed me with garments of salvation and arrayed me in a robe of his righteousness, as a bridegroom adorns his head like a priest, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
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Matthew 26:37
He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.
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Luke 2:10
But the angel said to them,“ Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people.
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Philippians 2:26
For he longs for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.
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Luke 1:47
and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
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Romans 9:2
I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.