Psalms 97:11
Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.
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Psalms 97:11
Light is shining on the lovers of righteousness, and for the upright in heart there is joy.
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Genesis 1:3
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis 1:4
And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,
Job 25:3
Is it possible for his armies to be numbered? and on whom is not his light shining?
Job 31:26
If, when I saw the sun shining, and the moon moving on its bright way,
Job 36:30
See, he is stretching out his mist, covering the tops of the mountains with it.
Job 38:7
When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy?
Job 38:19
Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;
Psalms 19:5
Who is like a newly married man coming from his bride-tent, and is glad like a strong runner starting on his way.
Psalms 104:2
You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain:
Isaiah 45:7
I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things.
1 Timothy 6:16
Who only has life for ever, living in light to which no man may come near; whom no man has seen or is able to see: to whom be honour and power for ever. So be it.
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2 Samuel 15:20
It was only yesterday you came to us; why then am I to make you go up and down with us? for I have to go where I may; go back then, and take your countrymen with you, and may the Lord's mercy and good faith be with you.
Psalms 40:11
Take not away your gentle mercies from me, O Lord; let your mercy and your faith keep me safe for ever.
Psalms 57:3
He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.
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.
John 1:17
For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.
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2 Chronicles 5:13
And when the players on horns, and those who made melody in song, with one voice were sounding the praise and glory of the Lord; with loud voices and with wind instruments, and brass and corded instruments of music, praising the Lord and saying, He is good; his mercy is unchanging for ever: then the house was full of the cloud of the glory of the Lord,
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2 Chronicles 5:14
So that the priests were not able to keep their places to do their work because of the cloud; for the house of God was full of the glory of the Lord.
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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.
Proverbs 11:10
When things go well for the upright man, all the town is glad; at the death of sinners, there are cries of joy.
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.
Isaiah 30:30
And the Lord will send out the sound of his great voice, and they will see his arm stretched out, with the heat of his wrath, and the flame of a burning fire; with a cloud-burst, and storm, and a rain of ice.
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Job 4:8
What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.
Proverbs 11:18
The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.
Proverbs 22:8
By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.
Galatians 6:7
Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.
Galatians 6:9
And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.
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Job 18:18
He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.
Job 23:17
For I am overcome by the dark, and by the black night which is covering my face.
Job 30:26
For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.
Proverbs 24:20
For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.
2 Peter 2:4
For if God did not have pity for the angels who did evil, but sent them down into hell, to be kept in chains of eternal night till they were judged;
2 Peter 2:17
These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.
Jude 1:6
And the angels who did not keep to their kingdom but went out from the place which was theirs, he has put in eternal chains and in dark night till the great day of the judging.
Jude 1:13
Violent waves of the sea, streaming with their shame, wandering stars for whom the darkest night is kept in store for ever.
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Job 20:4
Have you knowledge of this from early times, when man was placed on the earth,
Job 20:5
That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?
Job 20:6
Though he is lifted up to the heavens, and his head goes up to the clouds;
Job 20:7
Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?
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Psalms 11:2
See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.
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Psalms 7:8
The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.
Psalms 7:9
O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.
Psalms 18:24
Because of this the Lord has given me the reward of my righteousness, because my hands are clean in his eyes.
Psalms 18:25
On him who has mercy you will have mercy; to the upright you will be upright;
Psalms 36:10
O let there be no end to your loving mercy to those who have knowledge of you, or of your righteousness to the upright in heart.
Psalms 94:14
The Lord will not give up his people, or take away his support from his heritage;
Psalms 143:1
A Psalm. Of David. Let my prayer come to you, O Lord; give ear to my requests for your grace; keep faith with me, and give me an answer in your righteousness;
Psalms 143:2
Let not your servant come before you to be judged; for no man living is upright in your eyes.
Isaiah 51:6
Let your eyes be lifted up to the heavens, and turned to the earth which is under them: for the heavens will go in flight like smoke, and the earth will become old like a coat, and its people will come to destruction like insects: but my salvation will be for ever, and my righteousness will not come to an end.
Isaiah 51:7
Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses.
Isaiah 51:8
For like a coat they will be food for the insect, the worm will make a meal of them like wool: but my righteousness will be for ever, and my salvation to all generations.
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Psalms 36:8
The delights of your house will be showered on them; you will give them drink from the river of your pleasures.
Psalms 126:6
Though a man may go out weeping, taking his vessel of seed with him; he will come again in joy, with the corded stems of grain in his arms.
Isaiah 65:13
For this cause says the Lord God, My servants will have food, but you will be in need of food: my servants will have drink, but you will be dry: my servants will have joy, but you will be shamed:
Isaiah 65:14
My servants will make songs in the joy of their hearts, but you will be crying for sorrow, and making sounds of grief from a broken spirit.
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 6:10
As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.
2 Corinthians 12:10
So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.
2 Thessalonians 1:7
And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,
2 Thessalonians 1:12
So that glory may be given to the name of our Lord Jesus through you, and you may have glory in him, by the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 4:7
I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:
2 Timothy 4:8
From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.
1 Peter 1:7
So that the true metal of your faith, being of much greater value than gold (which, though it comes to an end, is tested by fire), may come to light in praise and glory and honour, at the revelation of Jesus Christ:
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Psalms 112:2
His seed will be strong on the earth; blessings will be on the generation of the upright.
1 Corinthians 1:30
But God has given you a place in Christ Jesus, through whom God has given us wisdom and righteousness and salvation, and made us holy:
1 Corinthians 1:31
So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.
Galatians 6:14
But far be it from me to have glory in anything, but only in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which this world has come to an end on the cross for me, and I for it.
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Psalms 43:5
Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
Psalms 110:7
He will take of the stream by the way; so his head will be lifted up.
Psalms 118:15
The sound of joy and salvation is in the tents of the upright; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.
Psalms 132:16
Her priests will be clothed with salvation; and her saints will give cries of joy.
Isaiah 58:11
And the Lord will be your guide at all times; in dry places he will give you water in full measure, and will make strong your bones; and you will be like a watered garden, and like an ever-flowing spring.
Matthew 25:21
His lord said to him, Well done, good and true servant: you have been true in a small thing, I will give you control over great things: take your part in the joy of your lord.
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 14:16
And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,
John 17:13
And now I come to you; and these things I say in the world so that they may have my joy complete in them.
Philippians 1:20
In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.
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:
1 Peter 4:13
But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.
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Psalms 1:6
Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.
Psalms 37:24
Even if he has a fall he will not be without help: for the hand of the Lord is supporting him.
Psalms 139:23
O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:
Psalms 139:24
See if there is any way of sorrow in me, and be my guide in the eternal way.
Psalms 147:3
He makes the broken-hearted well, and puts oil on their wounds.
Proverbs 2:8
He keeps watch on the ways which are right, and takes care of those who have the fear of him.
Isaiah 30:26
And the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times greater, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord puts oil on the wounds of his people, and makes them well from the blows they have undergone.
Hosea 6:1
Come, let us go back to the Lord; for he has given us wounds and he will make us well; he has given blows and he will give help.
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Psalms 4:6
There are numbers who say, Who will do us any good? the light of his face has gone from us.
Psalms 13:3
Let my voice come before you, and give me an answer, O Lord my God; let your light be shining on me, so that the sleep of death may not overtake me;
Psalms 34:5
Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed.
Psalms 56:13
Because you have taken my soul from the power of death; and kept my feet from falling, so that I may be walking before God in the light of life.
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.
Isaiah 62:1
Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.
Luke 1:78
Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us,
Luke 1:79
To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.
Ephesians 5:10
Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord;
Ephesians 5:11
And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;
Philippians 2:15
So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,
1 John 1:7
But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.
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Isaiah 5:20
Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!
Matthew 6:22
The light of the body is the eye; if then your eye is true, all your body will be full of light.
Matthew 6:23
But if your eye is evil, all your body will be dark. If then the light which is in you is dark, how dark it will be!
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1 Kings 11:36
And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there.
Psalms 119:105
NUN Your word is a light for my feet, ever shining on my way.
Psalms 132:17
There I will make the horn of David fertile: I have made ready a light for my king.
John 1:4
What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.
John 1:9
The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.
John 3:19
And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.
Acts 26:18
To make their eyes open, turning them from the dark to the light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may have forgiveness of sins and a heritage among those who are made holy by faith in me.
Ephesians 5:9
(Because the fruit of the light is in all righteousness and in everything which is good and true),
1 Thessalonians 5:5
For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.
1 Thessalonians 5:6
So then, let us not take our rest as the others do, but let us be self-controlled and awake.
1 John 1:5
This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.
1 John 2:8
Again, I give you a new law, which is true in him and in you; for the night is near its end and the true light is even now shining out.
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Psalms 92:4
For you, O Lord, have made me glad through your work; I will have joy in the works of your hands.
Proverbs 29:6
In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.
Proverbs 31:25
Strength and self-respect are her clothing; she is facing the future with a smile.
Isaiah 30:21
And at your back, when you are turning to the right hand or to the left, a voice will be sounding in your ears, saying, This is the way in which you are to go.
Matthew 25:20
And he who had the five talents came with his other five talents, saying, Lord, you gave into my care five talents: see, I have got five more.
Romans 5:2
Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.
Galatians 1:10
Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
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,
Hebrews 12:23
To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,
Hebrews 12:29
For our God is an all-burning fire.
James 1:2
Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;
1 John 1:4
And we are writing these things to you so that our joy may be made complete.
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Zechariah 14:6
And in that day there will be no heat or cold or ice;
John 11:9
Then Jesus said in answer, Are there not twelve hours in the day? A man may go about in the day without falling, because he sees the light of this world.
Ephesians 5:12
For the things which are done by them in secret it is shame even to put into words.
Ephesians 5:13
But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light.
2 Peter 1:19
And so the words of the prophets are made more certain; and it is well for you to give attention to them as to a light shining in a dark place, till the dawn comes and the morning star is seen in your hearts;
1 John 2:9
He who says that he is in the light, and has hate in his heart for his brother, is still in the dark.
2 John 1:4
It gave me great joy to see some of your children walking in the true way, even as we were ordered to do by the Father.
3 John 1:4
I have no greater joy than to have news that my children are walking in the true way.
Revelation 11:3
And I will give orders to my two witnesses, and they will be prophets for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed with haircloth.
Revelation 11:15
And at the sounding of the seventh angel there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will have rule for ever and ever.
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Psalms 30:5
For his wrath is only for a minute; in his grace there is life; weeping may be for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
Isaiah 12:3
So with joy will you get water out of the springs of salvation.
Isaiah 26:3
The man whose heart is unmoved you will keep in peace, because his hope is in you.
Isaiah 35:10
Even those whom he has made free, will come back again; they will come with songs to Zion; on their heads will be eternal joy; delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.
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 6:25
Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.
John 16:20
Truly I say to you, You will be weeping and sorrowing, but the world will be glad: you will be sad, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
John 16:21
When a woman is about to give birth she has sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has given birth to the child, the pain is put out of her mind by the joy that a man has come into the world.
John 16:22
So you have sorrow now: but I will see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and no one will take away your joy.
Romans 8:28
And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.
Hebrews 1:6
And again, when he is sending his only Son into the world, he says, Let all the angels of God give him worship.
Revelation 1:7
See, he comes with the clouds, and every eye will see him, and those by whom he was wounded; and all the tribes of the earth will be sorrowing because of him. Yes, so be it.
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Psalms 27:14
Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.
Psalms 125:4
Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are upright in heart.
James 5:9
Say no hard things against one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged; see, the judge is waiting at the doors.
James 5:10
Take as an example of pain nobly undergone and of strength in trouble, the prophets who gave to men the words of the Lord.
James 5:11
We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
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