Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place.
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Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said to them, Go away now, and take the fat for your food and the sweet for your drink, and send some to him for whom nothing is made ready: for this day is holy to our Lord: and let there be no grief in your hearts; for the joy of the Lord is your strong place.
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Genesis 4:4
And Abel gave an offering of the young lambs of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering;
Genesis 27:19
And Jacob said, I am Esau, your oldest son; I have done as you said: come now, be seated and take of my meat, so that you may give me a blessing.
Psalms 66:18
I said in my heart, The Lord will not give ear to me:
Proverbs 15:8
The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.
Proverbs 21:27
The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!
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.
Isaiah 1:12
At whose request do you come before me, making my house unclean with your feet?
Isaiah 1:13
Give me no more false offerings; the smoke of burning flesh is disgusting to me, so are your new moons and Sabbaths and your holy meetings.
Isaiah 1:14
Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them.
Isaiah 1:15
And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.
Isaiah 59:2
But your sins have come between you and your God, and by your evil doings his face has been veiled from you, so that he will give you no answer.
Jeremiah 6:20
To what purpose does sweet perfume come to me from Sheba, and spices from a far country? your burned offerings give me no pleasure, your offerings of beasts are not pleasing to me.
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Genesis 35:9
Now when Jacob was on his way from Paddan-aram, God came to him again and, blessing him, said,
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Exodus 5:1
And after that, Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and said, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, Let my people go so that they may keep a feast to me in the waste land.
Exodus 12:14
And this day is to be kept in your memories: you are to keep it as a feast to the Lord through all your generations, as an order for ever.
Psalms 31:10
My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.
Isaiah 25:6
And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested.
Isaiah 25:7
And in this mountain he will put an end to the shade covering the face of all peoples, and the veil which is stretched over all nations.
Isaiah 25:8
He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.
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Exodus 6:9
And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, but they gave no attention to him, because of the grief of their spirit and the cruel weight of their work.
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Numbers 19:11
Anyone touching a dead body will be unclean for seven days:
Job 2:13
And they took their seats on the earth by his side for seven days and seven nights: but no one said a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.
Ezekiel 24:17
Let there be no sound of sorrow; make no weeping for your dead, put on your head-dress and your shoes on your feet, let not your lips be covered, and do not take the food of those in grief.
Ezekiel 24:22
And you will do as I have done, not covering your lips or taking the food of those in grief.
Hosea 9:4
They will give no wine offering to the Lord, they will not make offerings ready for him; their bread will be like the bread of those in sorrow; all who take it will be unclean, because their bread will be only for their desire, it will not come into the house of the Lord.
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Numbers 33:29
And they went on from Mithkah, and put up their tents in Hashmonah.
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Deuteronomy 9:19
For I was full of fear because of the wrath of the Lord which was burning against you, with your destruction in view. But again the Lord's ear was open to my prayer.
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Deuteronomy 14:26
And with the money get whatever you have a desire for, oxen or sheep or wine or strong drink, whatever your soul's desire may be: and make a feast there before the Lord your God, and be glad, you and all your house;
Deuteronomy 14:27
And give a thought to the Levite who is living among you, for he has no part or heritage in the land.
Deuteronomy 26:12
When you have taken out a tenth from the tenth of all your produce in the third year, which is the year when this has to be done, give it to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and the child without a father, and the widow, so that they may have food in your towns and be full;
Deuteronomy 26:13
And say before the Lord your God, I have taken all the holy things out of my house and have given them to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and him who has no father, and the widow, as you have given me orders: I have kept in mind all your orders, in nothing have I gone against them:
Deuteronomy 27:7
And you are to make your peace-offerings, feasting there with joy before the Lord your God.
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2 Samuel 6:19
And he gave to every man and woman among all the people, among all the masses of Israel, a cake of bread and a measure of wine and a cake of dry grapes. Then all the people went away, every man to his house.
2 Chronicles 30:27
Then the priests and the Levites gave the people a blessing: and the voice of their prayer went up to the holy place of God in heaven.
2 Chronicles 35:12
And they took away the burned offerings, so that they might give them to be offered to the Lord for the divisions of the families of the people, as it is recorded in the book of Moses. And they did the same with the oxen.
2 Chronicles 35:13
And the Passover lamb was cooked over the fire, as it says in the law; and the holy offerings were cooked in pots and basins and vessels, and taken quickly to all the people.
Ephesians 4:8
For this reason he says, He went up on high, taking his prisoners with him, and gave freely to men.
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1 Chronicles 16:27
Honour and glory are before him: strength and joy are in his holy place.
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2 Chronicles 20:21
And after discussion with the people, he put in their places those who were to make melody to the Lord, praising him in holy robes, while they went at the head of the army, and saying, May the Lord be praised, for his mercy is unchanging for ever.
2 Chronicles 20:22
And at the first notes of song and praise the Lord sent a surprise attack against the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were overcome.
2 Chronicles 20:26
On the fourth day they all came together in the Valley of Blessing, and there they gave blessing to the Lord; for which cause that place has been named the Valley of Blessing to this day.
2 Chronicles 20:27
Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem went back, with Jehoshaphat at their head, coming back to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them glad over their haters.
2 Chronicles 20:28
So they came to Jerusalem with corded instruments and wind-instruments into the house of the Lord.
Psalms 84:10
For a day in your house is better than a thousand. It is better to be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to be living in the tents of sin.
Psalms 92:2
To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your unchanging faith every night;
Psalms 92:3
On a ten-corded instrument, and on an instrument of music with a quiet sound.
Psalms 92:4
For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands.
Psalms 118:24
This is the day which the Lord has made; we will be full of joy and delight in it.
Psalms 122:1
A Song of the going up. Of David. I was glad because they said to me, We will go into the house of the Lord.
Isaiah 58:13
If you keep the Sabbath with care, not doing your business on my holy day; and if the Sabbath seems to you a delight, and the new moon of the Lord a thing to be honoured; and if you give respect to him by not doing your business, or going after your pleasure, or saying unholy words;
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Ezra 10:44
All these had taken strange wives; and some of them had wives by whom they had offspring.
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Nehemiah 2:1
And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never before been sad when the king was present.
Nehemiah 2:3
And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?
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Nehemiah 4:18
Every builder was working with his sword at his side. And by my side was a man for sounding the horn.
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Nehemiah 9:22
And you gave them kingdoms and peoples, making distribution to them in every part of the land: so they took for their heritage the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og, king of Bashan.
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Esther 9:17
This they did on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same month they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.
Esther 9:20
And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, near and far,
Esther 9:21
Ordering them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and the fifteenth day of the same month, every year,
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Job 29:13
The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.
Job 31:14
What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?
Job 31:15
Did not God make him as well as me? did he not give us life in our mothers' bodies?
Job 31:19
If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;
Job 31:20
If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;
Proverbs 3:28
Say not to your neighbour, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when you have it by you at the time.
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Psalms 51:12
Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support.
Psalms 51:13
Then will I make your ways clear to wrongdoers; and sinners will be turned to you.
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Deuteronomy 15:7
If in any of your towns in the land which the Lord your God is giving you, there is a poor man, one of your countrymen, do not let your heart be hard or your hand shut to him;
Deuteronomy 15:8
But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.
Deuteronomy 15:9
And see that there is no evil thought in your heart, moving you to say to yourself, The seventh year, the year of forgiveness is near; and so looking coldly on your poor countryman you give him nothing; and he will make an outcry to the Lord against you, and it will be judged as sin in you.
Deuteronomy 15:10
But it is right for you to give to him, without grief of heart: for because of this, the blessing of the Lord your God will be on all your work and on everything to which you put your hand.
Psalms 68:10
Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor, were comforted by your good things, O God.
Psalms 112:9
He has given with open hands to the poor; his righteousness is for ever; his horn will be lifted up with honour.
Psalms 132:15
My blessing will be on her food; and her poor will be full of bread.
Proverbs 3:9
Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase:
Isaiah 58:6
Is not this the holy day for which I have given orders: to let loose those who have wrongly been made prisoners, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the crushed go free, and every yoke be broken?
Isaiah 58:7
Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?
Matthew 25:35
For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in;
Luke 6:30
Give to everyone who comes with a request, and if a man takes away your property, make no attempt to get it back again.
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Psalms 118:11
They are round me, yes, they are all about me; but in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.
Psalms 118:12
They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.
Psalms 118:13
I have been hard pushed by you, so that I might have a fall: but the Lord was my helper.
Psalms 118:14
The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation.
Psalms 118:16
The right hand of the Lord is lifted up; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.
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Psalms 28:8
The Lord is their strength, and a strong place of salvation for his king.
Psalms 149:2
Let Israel have joy in his maker; let the children of Zion be glad in their King.
Isaiah 6:7
And after touching my mouth with it, he said, See, your lips have been touched with this; and your evil is taken away, and you are made clean from sin.
Isaiah 6:8
And the voice of the Lord came to my ears, saying, Whom am I to send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I, send me.
Isaiah 35:1
The waste land and the dry places will be glad; the lowland will have joy and be full of flowers.
Isaiah 35:2
It will be flowering like the rose; it will be full of delight and songs; the glory of Lebanon will be given to it; the pride of Carmel and Sharon: they will see the glory of the Lord, the power of our God.
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.
Joel 2:23
Be glad, then, you children of Zion, and have joy in the Lord your God: for he gives you food in full measure, making the rain come down for you, the early and the late rain as at the first.
Acts 14:17
But he was not without witness, because he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and times of fruit, making your hearts full of food and joy.
2 Corinthians 12:8
And about this thing I made request to the Lord three times that it might be taken away from me.
2 Corinthians 12:9
And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.
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Proverbs 2:11
Wise purposes will be watching over you, and knowledge will keep you;
Proverbs 4:6
Do not give her up, and she will keep you; give her your love, and she will make you safe.
Proverbs 4:22
For they are life to him who gets them, and strength to all his flesh.
Proverbs 6:22
In your walking, it will be your guide; when you are sleeping, it will keep watch over you; when you are awake, it will have talk with you.
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Proverbs 10:29
The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.
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Ecclesiastes 3:11
He has made everything right in its time; but he has made their hearts without knowledge, so that man is unable to see the works of God, from the first to the last.
Ecclesiastes 3:12
I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work--because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?
Ecclesiastes 8:15
So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Let your clothing be white at all times, and let not your head be without oil.
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Have joy, O young man, while you are young; and let your heart be glad in the days of your strength, and go in the ways of your heart, and in the desire of your eyes; but be certain that for all these things God will be your judge.
Ecclesiastes 11:10
So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.
Isaiah 22:13
But in place of these there was joy and delight, oxen and sheep were being made ready for food, there was feasting and drinking: men said, Now is the time for food and wine, for tomorrow death comes.
Amos 6:4
Who are resting on beds of ivory, stretched out on soft seats, feasting on lambs from the flock and young oxen from the cattle-house;
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Psalms 126:3
The Lord has done great things for us; because of which we are glad.
Isaiah 29:24
Those whose hearts were turned away from him will get knowledge, and those who made an outcry against him will give attention to his teaching.
Isaiah 32:4
The man of sudden impulses will become wise in heart, and he whose tongue is slow will get the power of talking clearly.
Matthew 11:25
At that time Jesus made answer and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children.
Matthew 12:1
At that time Jesus went through the fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples, being in need of food, were taking the heads of grain.
Matthew 16:17
And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven.
Acts 6:7
And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.
Acts 26:9
For I, truly, was of the opinion that it was right for me to do a number of things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Acts 26:10
And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.
Acts 26:11
And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.
Galatians 1:23
Only it came to their ears that he who at one time was cruel to us is now preaching the faith which before had been attacked by him;
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2 Chronicles 35:25
And Jeremiah made a song of grief for Josiah; and to this day Josiah is named by all the makers of melody, men and women, in their songs of grief; they made it a rule in Israel; and the songs are recorded among the songs of grief.
Nehemiah 9:1
Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel came together, taking no food and putting haircloth and dust on their bodies.
Nehemiah 9:2
And the seed of Israel made themselves separate from all the men of other nations, publicly requesting forgiveness for their sins and the wrongdoing of their fathers.
Nehemiah 9:3
And for a fourth part of the day, upright in their places, they were reading from the book of the law of their God; and for a fourth part of the day they were requesting forgiveness and worshipping the Lord their God.
Nehemiah 9:9
And you saw the trouble of our fathers in Egypt, and their cry came to your ears by the Red Sea;
Joel 1:13
Put haircloth round you and give yourselves to sorrow, you priests; give cries of grief, you servants of the altar: come in, and, clothed in haircloth, let the night go past, you servants of my God: for the meal offering and the drink offering have been kept back from the house of your God.
Zechariah 7:3
And to say to the priests of the house of the Lord of armies and to the prophets, Am I to go on weeping in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done in past years?
Zechariah 7:5
Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, When you went without food and gave yourselves to grief in the fifth and the seventh months for these seventy years, did you ever do it because of me?
Zechariah 7:6
And when you are feasting and drinking, are you not doing it only for yourselves?
Zechariah 14:21
And every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the Lord of armies: and all those who make offerings will come and take them for boiling their offerings: in that day there will be no more traders in the house of the Lord of armies.
Romans 14:7
For every man's life and every man's death has a relation to others as well as to himself.
James 5:1
Come now, you men of wealth, give yourselves to weeping and crying because of the bitter troubles which are coming to you.
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1 Chronicles 15:28
So all Israel took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord, with loud cries and with horns and brass and corded instruments sounding loudly.
Ezra 3:11
And they gave praise to the Lord, answering one another in their songs and saying, For he is good, for his mercy to Israel is eternal. And all the people gave a great cry of joy, when they gave praise to the Lord, because the base of the Lord's house was put in place.
Ezra 3:12
But a number of the priests and Levites and the heads of families, old men who had seen the first house, when the base of this house was put down before their eyes, were overcome with weeping; and a number were crying out with joy:
Ezra 6:22
And kept the feast of unleavened bread for seven days with joy: for the Lord had made them full of joy, by turning the heart of the king of Assyria to them to give them help in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.
Psalms 81:1
To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith. Of Asaph. Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob.
Isaiah 30:29
You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and you will be glad in heart, as when they go with music of the pipe to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock of Israel.
Zechariah 10:7
And Ephraim will be like a man of war, and their hearts will be glad as with wine; and their children will see it with joy; their hearts will be glad in the Lord.
Luke 1:46
And Mary said: My soul gives glory to God;
Luke 1:47
My spirit is glad in God my Saviour.
2 Corinthians 6:10
As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, a quiet mind, kind acts, well-doing, faith,
1 Peter 1:8
To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:
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Deuteronomy 24:8
In connection with the leper's disease, take care to keep and do every detail of the teaching of the priests, the Levites: as I gave them orders, so you are to do.
2 Chronicles 30:22
And Hezekiah said kind words to the Levites who were expert in the ordering of the worship of the Lord: so they kept the feast for seven days, offering peace-offerings and praising the Lord, the God of their fathers.
Proverbs 8:33
Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.
Ecclesiastes 12:9
And because the Preacher was wise he still gave the people knowledge; searching out, testing, and putting in order a great number of wise sayings.
Ecclesiastes 12:10
The Preacher made search for words which were pleasing, but his writing was in words upright and true.
Ecclesiastes 12:11
The words of the wise are pointed, and sayings grouped together are like nails fixed with a hammer; they are given by one guide.
Haggai 2:11
These are the words of the Lord of armies: Put now a point of law to the priests, saying,
Malachi 2:7
For it is right for the priest's lips to keep knowledge, and for men to be waiting for the law from his mouth: for he is the servant sent from the Lord of armies.
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Psalms 105:3
Have glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who are searching after the Lord be glad.
Daniel 10:21
But I am going back to make war with the angel of Persia, and when I am gone, the angel of Greece will come. And there is no one on my side against these, but Michael, your angel.
Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.
Matthew 5:12
Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.
Matthew 6:8
So be not like them; because your Father has knowledge of your needs even before you make your requests to him.
John 16:23
And on that day you will put no questions to me. Truly I say to you, Whatever request you make to the Father, he will give it to you in my name.
John 16:33
I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.
Acts 13:52
And the disciples were full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 20:24
But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
Romans 8:39
Or things on high, or things under the earth, or anything which is made, will be able to come between us and the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Ephesians 5:18
And do not take overmuch wine by which one may be overcome, but be full of the Spirit;
Hebrews 6:18
So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;
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Luke 4:16
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading.
Acts 13:15
And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.
Acts 13:27
For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.
Acts 15:21
For Moses, from times long past, has his preachers in every town, reading his law in the Synagogues every Sabbath.
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Deuteronomy 26:10
So now, I have come here with the first of the fruits of the earth which you, O Lord, have given me. Then you will put it down before the Lord your God and give him worship:
Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the Lord gives wealth: hard work makes it no greater.
Luke 6:31
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
Luke 6:32
If you have love for those who have love for you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners have love for those who have love for them.
Luke 6:34
And if you let those have the use of your money, from whom you are hoping to get it back, what credit is it to you? even sinners do so to sinners, hoping to get back as much as they gave.
Luke 6:35
But be loving to those who are against you and do them good, and give them your money, not giving up hope, and your reward will be great and you will be the sons of the Most High: for he is kind to evil men, and to those who have hard hearts.
Luke 14:12
And he said to the master of the house, When you give a feast, do not send for your friends and your brothers and your family or your neighbours who have wealth, for they may give a feast for you, and so you will get a reward.
Luke 14:14
And you will have a blessing, because they will not be able to give you any payment, and you will get your reward when the upright come back from the dead.
1 Corinthians 16:2
On the first day of the week, let every one of you put by him in store, in measure as he has done well in business, so that it may not be necessary to get money together when I come.
Galatians 2:10
Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.
1 Timothy 6:19
Making ready for themselves a safe place for the time to come, so that the true life may be theirs.
1 Peter 4:9
Keep open house for all with a glad heart;
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Luke 6:33
And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is it to you? for even sinners do the same.
Romans 11:36
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. To him be the glory for ever. So be it.
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Luke 14:24
For I say to you that not one of those who were requested to come will have a taste of my feast.
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Proverbs 18:9
He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.
Luke 15:13
And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.
Luke 16:1
And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.
John 6:12
And when they had had enough, Jesus said to his disciples, Take up the broken bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted.
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Luke 22:45
And, getting up from prayer, he came to the disciples, and saw that they were sleeping for sorrow.
Colossians 1:20
Through him uniting all things with himself, having made peace through the blood of his cross; through him, I say, uniting all things which are on earth or in heaven.
2 John 1:12
Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.
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Matthew 9:15
And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.
Luke 15:22
But the father said to his servants, Get out the first robe quickly, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet:
John 3:29
He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.
Revelation 19:7
Let us be glad with delight, and let us give glory to him: because the time is come for the Lamb to be married, and his wife has made herself ready.
Revelation 19:8
And to her it was given to be clothed in delicate linen, clean and shining: for the clean linen is the righteousness of the saints.
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1 Kings 8:2
And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, the seventh month.
Ezra 3:1
And when the seventh month came, and the children of Israel were in the towns, the people came together like one man to Jerusalem.
Ezra 3:2
Then Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, with his brothers, got up and made the altar of the God of Israel for burned offerings as is recorded in the law of Moses, the man of God.
Ezra 3:3
They put the altar on its base; for fear was on them because of the people of the countries: and they made burned offerings on it to the Lord, even burned offerings morning and evening.
Ezra 3:4
And they kept the feast of tents, as it is recorded, making the regular burned offerings every day by number, as it is ordered; for every day what was needed.
Ezra 3:5
And after that, the regular burned offering and the offerings for the new moons and all the fixed feasts of the Lord which had been made holy, and the offering of everyone who freely gave his offering to the Lord.
Ezra 3:6
From the first day of the seventh month they made a start with the burned offerings, but the base of the Temple of the Lord had still not been put in its place.
John 7:8
Go you up to the feast: I am not going up now to the feast because my time has not fully come.
John 7:9
Having said these things to them, he still kept in Galilee.
John 7:10
But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he went up, not publicly, but in secret.
John 11:55
Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and numbers of people went up from the country to Jerusalem to make themselves clean before the Passover.
John 12:1
Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had made to come back from the dead.
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John 13:29
Some were of the opinion that because Judas kept the money-bag Jesus said to him, Get the things we have need of for the feast; or, that he was to give something to the poor.
Acts 2:44
And all those who were of the faith kept together, and had all things in common;
Acts 4:32
And all those who were of the faith were one in heart and soul: and not one of them said that any of the things which he had was his property only; but they had all things in common.
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Nehemiah 6:16
And when our haters had news of this, all the nations round about us were full of fear and were greatly shamed, for they saw that this work had been done by our God.
Job 8:21
The time will come when your mouth will be full of laughing, and cries of joy will come from your lips.
Psalms 4:7
Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.
Psalms 40:8
My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.
Psalms 85:6
Will you not give us life again, so that your people may be glad in you?
Psalms 89:15
Happy are the people who have knowledge of the holy cry: the light of your face, O Lord, will be shining on their way.
Psalms 149:5
Let the saints have joy and glory: let them give cries of joy on their beds.
Proverbs 15:15
All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.
Luke 6:21
Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.
John 14:27
May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.
Acts 16:25
But about the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were making prayers and songs to God in the hearing of the prisoners;
James 5:13
Is anyone among you in trouble? let him say prayers. Is anyone glad? let him make a song of praise.
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Romans 14:6
He who keeps the day, keeps it to the Lord; and he who takes food, takes it as to the Lord, for he gives praise to God; and he who does not take food, to the Lord he takes it not, and gives praise to God.
1 Corinthians 10:30
But if I give praise to God for the food which I take, let no man say evil of me for that reason.
1 Timothy 4:3
Who keep men from being married and from taking food which God made to be taken with praise by those who have faith and true knowledge.
1 Timothy 4:5
For it is made holy by the word of God and by prayer.
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Psalms 106:5
So that I may see the well-being of the people of your selection, and have a part in the joy of your nation, and take pride in your heritage.
Psalms 119:32
I will go quickly in the way of your teaching, because you have given me a free heart.
Psalms 138:5
They will make songs about the ways of the Lord; for great is the glory of the Lord.
Song of Solomon 5:1
I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.
Isaiah 64:5
Will you not have mercy on him who takes pleasure in doing righteousness, even on those who keep in mind your ways? Truly you were angry, and we went on doing evil, and sinning against you in the past.
John 8:56
Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad.
Romans 5:1
For which reason, because we have righteousness through faith, let us be at peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
Romans 5:3
And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;
Romans 15:13
Now may the God of hope make you full of joy and peace through faith, so that all hope may be yours in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Philippians 4:7
And the peace of God, which is deeper than all knowledge, will keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Philemon 1:7
For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.
Hebrews 10:34
For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.
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1 Corinthians 11:22
What? have you not houses to take your meals in? or have you no respect for the church of God, putting the poor to shame? What am I to say to you? am I to give you praise? certainly not.
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1 Corinthians 13:6
It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;
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1 Corinthians 13:7
Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.
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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.
Philippians 3:4
Even though I myself might have faith in the flesh: if any other man has reason to have faith in the flesh, I have more:
Colossians 1:11
Full of strength in the measure of the great power of his glory, so that you may undergo all troubles with joy;
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1 Samuel 2:1
And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation.
Nehemiah 12:43
And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.
Psalms 5:11
But let all those who put their faith in you be glad with cries of joy at all times, and let all the lovers of your name be glad in you.
Psalms 147:1
Give praise to the Lord; for it is good to make melody to our God; praise is pleasing and beautiful.
Song of Solomon 1:4
Take me to you, and we will go after you: the king has taken me into his house. We will be glad and full of joy in you, we will give more thought to your love than to wine: rightly are they your lovers.
Isaiah 12:4
And in that day you will say, Give praise to the Lord, let his name be honoured, give word of his doings among the peoples, say that his name is lifted up.
Isaiah 12:5
Make a song to the Lord; for he has done noble things: give news of them through all the earth.
Isaiah 12:6
Let your voice be sounding in a cry of joy, O daughter of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.
Isaiah 51:11
Those whom the Lord has made free will come back with songs to Zion; and on their heads will be eternal joy: delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.
Matthew 28:20
Teaching them to keep all the rules which I have given you: and see, I am ever with you, even to the end of the world.
1 John 1:3
We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:
1 John 3:14
We are conscious that we have come out of death into life because of our love for the brothers. He who has no love is still in death.
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