Isaiah 40:1
Give comfort, give comfort, to my people, says your God.
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Isaiah 40:1
Give comfort, give comfort, to my people, says your God.
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Isaiah 40:2
Say kind words to the heart of Jerusalem, crying out to her that her time of trouble is ended, that her punishment is complete; that she has been rewarded by the Lord's hand twice over for all her sins.
Isaiah 51:3
For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste places like Eden, and changing her dry land into the garden of the Lord; joy and delight will be there, praise and the sound of melody.
Isaiah 49:13
Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones.
Isaiah 51:12
I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an end, and of the son of man who will be like grass?
Isaiah 40:11
He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
Isaiah 61:2
To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad;
Isaiah 61:3
To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
Luke 2:25
And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.
Isaiah 40:9
You who give good news to Zion, get up into the high mountain; you who give good news to Jerusalem, let your voice be strong; let it be sounding without fear; say to the towns of Judah, See, your God!
Isaiah 52:9
Give sounds of joy, make melody together, waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord has given comfort to his people, he has taken up the cause of Jerusalem.
Matthew 5:4
Happy are those who are sad: for they will be comforted.
2 Thessalonians 2:17
Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.
Zephaniah 3:15
The Lord has taken away those who were judging you, he has sent your haters far away: the King of Israel, even the Lord, is among you: you will have no more fear of evil.
Isaiah 12:1
And in that day you will say I will give praise to you, O Lord; for though you were angry with me, your wrath is turned away, and I am comforted.
Isaiah 54:8
In overflowing wrath my face was veiled from you for a minute, but I will have pity on you for ever, says the Lord who takes up your cause.
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Isaiah 40:3
A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God.
Isaiah 40:4
Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,
Isaiah 40:5
And the glory of the Lord will be made clear, and all flesh will see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has said it.
Isaiah 40:6
A voice of one saying, Give a cry! And I said, What is my cry to be? All flesh is grass, and all its strength like the flower of the field.
Isaiah 40:8
The grass is dry, the flower is dead; but the word of our God is eternal.
Isaiah 57:14
And I will say, Make it high, make it high, get ready the way, take the stones out of the way of my people.
Matthew 3:3
For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.
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1 Thessalonians 5:14
And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.
1 Thessalonians 4:18
So then, give comfort to one another with these words.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.
2 Corinthians 2:7
So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.
Hebrews 12:12
For this cause let the hands which are hanging down be lifted up, and let the feeble knees be made strong,
Isaiah 35:3
Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees.
Isaiah 35:4
Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.
1 Thessalonians 3:2
We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to give you strength and comfort in your faith;
Luke 22:32
But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.
1 Corinthians 14:3
But the word of the prophet gives men knowledge and comfort and strength.
1 Corinthians 14:31
For you may all be prophets in turn so that all may get knowledge and comfort;
Colossians 2:2
So that their hearts may be comforted, and that being joined together in love, they may come to the full wealth of the certain knowledge of the secret of God, even Christ,
Colossians 4:8
And I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may have news of how we are, and so that he may give your hearts comfort;
1 Thessalonians 2:7
But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:
1 Thessalonians 2:11
Even as you saw how, like a father with his children, we were teaching and comforting you all, and giving witness,
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Isaiah 66:13
As to one who is comforted by his mother, so will I give you comfort: and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 66:14
And you will see it and your heart will be glad, and your bones will get new strength, like young grass: and the hand of the Lord will be seen at work for his servants, and his wrath against his haters.
2 Corinthians 1:3
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort;
2 Corinthians 1:4
Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Isaiah 40:27
Why do you say, O Jacob, such words as these, O Israel, The Lord's eyes are not on my way, and my God gives no attention to my cause?
Isaiah 41:27
I was the first to give word of it to Zion, and I gave the good news to Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 31:13
Then the virgin will have joy in the dance, and the young men and the old will be glad: for I will have their weeping turned into joy, I will give them comfort and make them glad after their sorrow.
2 Thessalonians 2:16
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
Isaiah 40:31
But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.
Isaiah 51:13
And you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and the earth placed on its base; and you went all day in fear of the wrath of the cruel one, when he was making ready for your destruction. And where is the wrath of the cruel one?
Isaiah 51:17
Awake! awake! up! O Jerusalem, you who have taken from the Lord's hand the cup of his wrath; tasting in full measure the wine which overcomes.
Isaiah 51:19
These two things have come on you; who will be weeping for you? wasting and destruction; death from need of food, and from the sword; how may you be comforted?
Isaiah 52:1
Awake! awake! put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful robes, O Jerusalem, the holy town: for from now there will never again come into you the unclean and those without circumcision.
Isaiah 57:16
For I will not give punishment for ever, or be angry without end: for from me breath goes out; and I it was who made the souls.
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;
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Isaiah 1:11
What use to me is the number of the offerings which you give me? says the Lord; your burned offerings of sheep, and the best parts of fat cattle, are a weariness to me; I take no pleasure in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Psalms 50:7
Give ear, O my people, to my words; O Israel, I will be a witness against you; I am God, even your God.
Isaiah 33:10
Now will I come forward, says the Lord; now will I be lifted up; now will my power be seen.
Isaiah 41:21
Put forward your cause, says the Lord; let your strong argument come out, says the King of Jacob.
Isaiah 66:9
Will I by whom the birth was started, not make it complete? says the Lord. Will I who make children come to birth, let them be kept back? says your God.
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Psalms 32:1
Of David. Maschil. Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered.
Psalms 32:2
Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Isaiah 1:18
Come now, and let us have an argument together, says the Lord: how may your sins which are red like blood be white as snow? how may their dark purple seem like wool?
Isaiah 44:22
I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.
Matthew 9:2
And they took to him a man stretched on a bed who had no power of moving; and Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man who was ill, Son, take heart; you have forgiveness for your sins.
Luke 7:47
And so I say to you, She will have forgiveness for her sins which are great in number, because of her great love: but he who has small need of forgiveness gives little love.
Luke 7:48
And he said to her, You have forgiveness for your sins.
Luke 7:49
And those who were seated at table with him said to themselves, Who is this who even gives forgiveness of sins?
Luke 7:50
And he said to the woman, By your faith you have salvation; go in peace.
Isaiah 43:25
I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind.
Jeremiah 31:33
But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.
Micah 7:19
He will again have pity on us; he will put our sins under his feet: and you will send all our sins down into the heart of the sea.
Micah 7:20
You will make clear your good faith to Jacob and your mercy to Abraham, as you gave your oath to our fathers from times long past.
Romans 4:7
Happy are those who have forgiveness for their wrongdoing, and whose sins are covered.
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Isaiah 49:6
It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
Luke 2:32
A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
Isaiah 9:2
The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.
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Zechariah 1:13
And the Lord gave an answer in good and comforting words to the angel who was talking to me.
Zechariah 1:14
And the angel who was talking to me said to me, Let your voice be loud and say, These are the words of the Lord of armies: I am greatly moved about the fate of Jerusalem and of Zion.
Zechariah 1:17
And again let your voice be loud and say, This is what the Lord of armies has said: My towns will again be overflowing with good things, and again the Lord will give comfort to Zion and take Jerusalem for himself.
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Isaiah 9:6
For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.
Isaiah 9:7
Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
Isaiah 32:1
See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.
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Isaiah 39:6
Truly, the days are coming when everything in your house, and whatever your fathers have put in store till this day, will be taken away to Babylon: all will be gone.
Isaiah 40:25
Who then seems to you to be my equal? says the Holy One.
Isaiah 43:11
I, even I, am the Lord; and there is no saviour but me.
Isaiah 47:6
I was angry with my people, I put shame on my heritage, and gave them into your hands: you had no mercy on them; you put a cruel yoke on those who were old;
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Hosea 2:14
For this cause I will make her come into the waste land and will say words of comfort to her.
Hosea 2:15
And I will give her vine-gardens from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will give her answer there as in the days when she was young, and as in the time when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
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2 Corinthians 1:5
For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.
2 Corinthians 1:6
But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:
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