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Psalms 122:6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper!
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Jeremiah 31:12-14
They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion. They will be radiant with joy over the good things the LORD provides, the grain, the fresh wine, the olive oil, the young sheep and calves he has given to them. They will be like a well-watered garden and will not grow faint or weary any more.The LORD says,“ At that time young women will dance and be glad. Young men and old men will rejoice. I will turn their grief into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow.I will provide the priests with abundant provisions. My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide.”
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Psalms 106:4-5
Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people! Pay attention to me, when you deliver,so I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, and boast along with the people who belong to you.
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2 Chronicles 29 36
Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done for them, for it had been done quickly.
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Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey– on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey.
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2 Chronicles 30 26-2 Chronicles 31 1
There was a great celebration in Jerusalem, unlike anything that had occurred in Jerusalem since the time of King Solomon son of David of Israel.The priests and Levites got up and pronounced blessings on the people. The LORD responded favorably to them as their prayers reached his holy dwelling place in heaven.When all this was over, the Israelites who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities.
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Acts 2:46
Every day they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, breaking bread from house to house, sharing their food with glad and humble hearts,
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Deuteronomy 16:11
You shall rejoice before him– you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you– in the place where the LORD chooses to locate his name.
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Deuteronomy 12:18
Only in the presence of the LORD your God may you eat these, in the place he chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the LORD your God in all the output of your labor.
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Deuteronomy 12:12
You shall rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages( since they have no allotment or inheritance with you).
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Isaiah 61:9-10
Their descendants will be known among the nations, their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will recognize that the LORD has blessed them.”I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
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Nehemiah 8:10
He said to them,“ Go and eat delicacies and drink sweet drinks and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
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Psalms 100:1-2
Shout out praises to the LORD, all the earth!Worship the LORD with joy! Enter his presence with joyful singing!
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Deuteronomy 12:7
Both you and your families must feast there before the LORD your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you.
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Psalms 95:1-2
Come! Let’s sing for joy to the LORD! Let’s shout out praises to our protector who delivers us!Let’s enter his presence with thanksgiving! Let’s shout out to him in celebration!
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Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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Philippians 4:4
Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice!
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2 Chronicles 7 10
On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people home. They left happy and contented because of the good the LORD had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel.
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Zechariah 9:17
How precious and fair! Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women.
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Zephaniah 3:14
Shout for joy, Daughter Zion! Shout out, Israel! Be happy and boast with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem!
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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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Psalms 122:9
For the sake of the temple of the LORD our God I will pray for you to prosper.
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1 Kings 8 1
Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the LORD’s covenant from the city of David( that is, Zion).
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Isaiah 66:13-14
As a mother consoles a child, so I will console you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem.”When you see this, you will be happy, and you will be revived. The LORD will reveal his power to his servants and his anger to his enemies.