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Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. (niv)
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Psalms 6:2-3
Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.My soul is in deep anguish. How long, Lord, how long? (niv)
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Hosea 6:1-2
“ Come, let us return to the Lord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence. (niv)
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Luke 4:18
“ The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, (niv)
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Psalms 119:81-82
My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.My eyes fail, looking for your promise; I say,“ When will you comfort me?” (niv)
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Isaiah 35:10
and those the Lord has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. (niv)
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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.” (niv)
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Psalms 30:11
You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, (niv)
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Psalms 38:3
Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin. (niv)
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Acts 2:37-41
When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles,“ Brothers, what shall we do?”Peter replied,“ Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off— for all whom the Lord our God will call.”With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them,“ Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.”Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. (niv)
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Psalms 126:5-6
Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them. (niv)
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Isaiah 57:15-18
For this is what the high and exalted One says— he who lives forever, whose name is holy:“ I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite.I will not accuse them forever, nor will I always be angry, for then they would faint away because of me— the very people I have created.I was enraged by their sinful greed; I punished them, and hid my face in anger, yet they kept on in their willful ways.I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel’s mourners, (niv)
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Psalms 13:5
But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. (niv)
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Job 5:17-18
“ Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal. (niv)
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Acts 16:29-34
The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.He then brought them out and asked,“ Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”They replied,“ Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved— you and your household.”Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house.At that hour of the night the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized.The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God— he and his whole household. (niv)