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2John 1:4
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2 Corinthians 2 9
For to this end I also wrote, so that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things.
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Psalms 31:9-11
Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am in distress; My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body too.For my life is spent with sorrow And my years with sighing; My strength has failed because of my guilt, And my body has wasted away.Because of all my adversaries, I have become a disgrace, Especially to my neighbors, And an object of dread to my acquaintances; Those who see me in the street flee from me.
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2 Corinthians 2 3-2 Corinthians 2 4
This is the very thing I wrote you, so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy was the joy of you all.For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.
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Jude 1:3
Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all time handed down to the saints.
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2 Corinthians 7 10-2 Corinthians 7 11
For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.For behold what earnestness this very thing, this godly sorrow, has produced in you: what vindication of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment of wrong! In everything you demonstrated yourselves to be innocent in the matter.
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Matthew 26:75
And Peter remembered the statement that Jesus had made:“ Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.
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2 Corinthians 1 14
just as you also partially did understand us, that we are your reason to be proud as you also are ours, on the day of our Lord Jesus.
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Matthew 5:4
“ Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
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Proverbs 9:8-9
Do not rebuke a scoffer, or he will hate you; Rebuke a wise person and he will love you.Give instruction to a wise person and he will become still wiser; Teach a righteous person and he will increase his insight.
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2 Corinthians 8 16
But thanks be to God who puts the same earnestness in your behalf in the heart of Titus.
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Luke 22:44
And being in agony, He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground].
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1 Thessalonians 3 8
for now we really live, if you stand firm in the Lord.
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Acts 11:23
Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord;
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James 4:9-10
Be miserable, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom.Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you.
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Judges 2:4-5
Now when the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people raised their voices and wept.So they named that place Bochim; and there they sacrificed to the Lord.
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Romans 1:12
that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.
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Philippians 1:20
according to my eager expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
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Psalms 30:5
For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning.
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2 Corinthians 5 2
For indeed, in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven,
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Psalms 38:18
For I admit my guilt; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.
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Psalms 126:5-6
Those who sow in tears shall harvest with joyful shouting.One who goes here and there weeping, carrying his bag of seed, Shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
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Psalms 51:1
Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithfulness; According to the greatness of Your compassion, wipe out my wrongdoings.
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1 Thessalonians 3 6
But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us good news of your faith and love, and that you always think kindly of us, longing to see us just as we also long to see you,
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Psalms 141:5
May the righteous strike me with mercy and discipline me; It is oil for the head; My head shall not refuse it, For my prayer is still against their evil deeds.
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James 5:17
Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.
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Psalms 6:1-6
Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor discipline me in Your wrath.Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am frail; Heal me, Lord, for my bones are horrified.And my soul is greatly horrified; But You, Lord— how long?Return, Lord, rescue my soul; Save me because of Your mercy.For there is no mention of You in death; In Sheol, who will praise You?I am weary with my sighing; Every night I make my bed swim, I flood my couch with my tears.
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Jeremiah 31:18-20
I have certainly heard Ephraim grieving,‘ You have disciplined me, and I was corrected, Like an untrained calf; Bring me back that I may be restored, For You are the Lord my God.For after I turned back, I repented; And after I was instructed, I slapped my thigh; I was ashamed and also humiliated Because I bore the shame of my youth.’Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will certainly have mercy on him,” declares the Lord.
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Hebrews 2:1
For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it.
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Colossians 2:5
For even though I am absent in body, I am nevertheless with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your orderly manner and the stability of your faith in Christ.