2 Corinthians 2:4
For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.
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2 Corinthians 2:4
For out of much trouble and pain of heart and much weeping I sent my letter to you; not to give you sorrow, but so that you might see how great is the love which I have to you.
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Genesis 8:20
And Noah made an altar to the Lord, and from every clean beast and bird he made burned offerings on the altar.
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Genesis 42:21
And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.
1 Samuel 15:35
And Samuel never saw Saul again till the day of his death; but Samuel was sorrowing for Saul: and it was no longer the Lord's pleasure for Saul to be king over Israel.
2 Samuel 16:12
It may be that the Lord will take note of my wrongs, and give me back good in answer to his cursing of me today.
1 Kings 17:18
And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O man of God? have you come to put God in mind of my sin, and to put my son to death?
2 Kings 20:5
Go back and say to Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, The Lord, the God of David your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping; see, I will make you well: on the third day you will go up to the house of the Lord.
Ezra 10:1
Now while Ezra was making his prayer and his statement of wrongdoing, weeping and falling down before the house of God, a very great number of men and women and children out of Israel came together round him: for the people were weeping bitterly.
Psalms 39:12
Let my prayer come to your ears, O Lord, and give attention to my cry, make an answer to my weeping: for my time here is short before you, and in a little time I will be gone, like all my fathers.
Jeremiah 14:17
And you are to say this word to them, Let my eyes be streaming with water night and day, and let it not be stopped; for the virgin daughter of my people is wounded with a great wound, with a very bitter blow.
Luke 23:34
And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.
Romans 9:1
I say what is true in Christ, and not what is false, my mind giving witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
Romans 9:3
For I have a desire to take on myself the curse for my brothers, my family in the flesh:
Hebrews 12:17
For you have knowledge that even long after, when he was desiring the blessing for his heritage, he was turned away, though he made his request frequently and with weeping; because the past might not be changed.
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Exodus 27:20
Give orders to the children of Israel to give you clear olive oil for the lights, so that a light may be burning there at all times.
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Exodus 32:31
Then Moses went back to the Lord and said, This people has done a great sin, making themselves a god of gold;
Deuteronomy 9:15
So turning round I came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two stones of the agreement were in my hands.
Deuteronomy 9:25
So I went down on my face in prayer before the Lord for forty days and forty nights as I did at first; because the Lord had said that he would put an end to you.
Luke 9:41
And Jesus said, O generation without faith and false in heart, how long will I have to be with you and put up with you? let your son come here.
Luke 9:42
And while he was coming, he was pushed violently down and twisted by the evil spirit. But Jesus gave sharp orders to the unclean spirit, and made the boy well, and gave him back to his father.
Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.
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Leviticus 19:17
Let there be no hate in your heart for your brother; but you may make a protest to your neighbour, so that he may be stopped from doing evil.
Leviticus 19:18
Do not make attempts to get equal with one who has done you wrong, or keep hard feelings against the children of your people, but have love for your neighbour as for yourself: I am the Lord.
Job 4:2
If one says a word, will it be a weariness to you? but who is able to keep from saying what is in his mind?
Psalms 141:5
Let the upright give me punishment; and let the god-fearing man put me in the right way; but I will not let the oil of sinners come on my head: when they do evil I will give myself to prayer.
Proverbs 27:5
Better is open protest than love kept secret.
Jeremiah 13:15
Give ear and let your ears be open; be not lifted up: for these are the words of the Lord.
Jeremiah 13:16
Give glory to the Lord your God, before he makes it dark, and before your feet are slipping on the dark mountains, and, while you are looking for a light, he makes it into deep dark, into black night.
Matthew 5:43
You have knowledge that it was said, Have love for your neighbour, and hate for him who is against you:
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2 Kings 4:27
And when she came to where the man of God was on the hill, she put her hands round his feet; and Gehazi came near with the purpose of pushing her away; but the man of God said, Let her be, for her soul is bitter in her; and the Lord has kept it secret from me, and has not given me word of it.
2 Kings 4:28
Then she said, Did I make a request to my lord for a son? did I not say, Do not give me false words?
Job 7:11
So I will not keep my mouth shut; I will let the words come from it in the pain of my spirit, my soul will make a bitter outcry.
Matthew 26:37
And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became sad and very troubled.
Matthew 26:38
Then says he to them, My soul is very sad, even to death: keep watch with me here.
Luke 12:50
But there is a baptism which I have to undergo; and how am I kept back till it is complete!
Luke 22:44
And being in great trouble of soul, the force of his prayer became stronger, and great drops, like blood, came from him, falling to the earth.
John 12:27
Now is my soul troubled; and what am I to say? Father, keep me from this hour. No: for this purpose have I come to this hour.
Hebrews 5:7
Who in the days of his flesh, having sent up prayers and requests with strong crying and weeping to him who was able to give him salvation from death, had his prayer answered because of his fear of God.
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Ezra 9:1
Now after these things were done, the captains came to me and said, The people of Israel and the priests and Levites have not kept themselves separate from the people of the lands, but have taken part in the disgusting ways of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
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Ezra 9:2
For they have taken their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed has been mixed with the peoples of the lands; and in fact the captains and rulers have been the first to do this evil.
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Psalms 32:3
When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.
Psalms 32:4
For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)
Psalms 51:8
Make me full of joy and rapture; so that the bones which have been broken may be glad.
Psalms 51:12
Give me back the joy of your salvation; let a free spirit be my support.
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Psalms 119:32
I will go quickly in the way of your teaching, because you have given me a free heart.
Habakkuk 2:5
A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself.
Ephesians 6:8
In the knowledge that for every good thing anyone does, he will have his reward from the Lord, If he is a servant or if he is free.
Colossians 3:22
Servants, in all things do the orders of your natural masters; not only when their eyes are on you, as pleasers of men, but with all your heart, fearing the Lord:
Revelation 22:12
See, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give to every man the outcome of his works.
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Psalms 126:5
Those who put in seed with weeping will get in the grain with cries of joy.
Mark 9:24
Straight away the father of the child gave a cry, saying, I have faith; make my feeble faith stronger.
Mark 14:72
And in the same minute, the cock gave a second cry. And it came to Peter's mind how Jesus had said to him, Before the cock's second cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And at this thought he was overcome with weeping.
Luke 7:38
And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them.
Luke 7:44
And turning to the woman he said to Simon, You see this woman? I came into your house; you did not give me water for my feet: but she has been washing my feet with the drops from her eyes, and drying them with her hair.
Acts 10:19
And, while Peter was turning the vision over in his mind, the Spirit said to him, See, three men are looking for you.
Acts 10:31
Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.
2 Corinthians 5:5
Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.
2 Corinthians 5:7
(For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,)
Philippians 1:23
I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:
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Proverbs 12:18
There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.
Proverbs 15:23
A man has joy in the answer of his mouth: and a word at the right time, how good it is!
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.
Proverbs 27:9
Oil and perfume make glad the heart, and the wise suggestion of a friend is sweet to the soul.
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Matthew 26:21
And while they were taking food, he said, Truly I say to you that one of you will be false to me.
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Matthew 26:22
And they were very said, and said to him, one by one, Is it I, Lord?
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Luke 19:42
Saying, If you, even you, had knowledge today, of the things which give peace! but you are not able to see them.
Luke 19:43
For the time will come when your attackers will put a wall round you, and come all round you and keep you in on every side,
Luke 19:44
And will make you level with the earth, and your children with you; and there will not be one stone resting on another in you, because you did not see that it was your day of mercy.
Hebrews 3:7
And so, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if you let his voice come to your ears,
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Judges 16:15
And she said to him, Why do you say you are my lover when your heart is not mine? Three times you have made sport of me, and have not made clear to me the secret of your great strength.
Ezekiel 33:31
And they come to you as my people come, and are seated before you as my people, hearing your words but doing them not: for deceit is in their mouth and their heart goes after profit for themselves.
John 13:35
By this it will be clear to all men that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.
Romans 2:27
And they, by their keeping of the law without circumcision, will be judges of you, by whom the law is broken though you have the letter of the law and circumcision.
Romans 12:9
Let love be without deceit. Be haters of what is evil; keep your minds fixed on what is good.
1 Corinthians 13:5
Love's ways are ever fair, it takes no thought for itself; it is not quickly made angry, it takes no account of evil;
1 Corinthians 13:6
It takes no pleasure in wrongdoing, but has joy in what is true;
2 Corinthians 6:6
In a clean heart, in knowledge, in long waiting, in being kind, in the Holy Spirit, in true love,
1 Timothy 1:5
But the effect of the order is love coming from a clean heart, and a knowledge of what is right, and true faith:
Hebrews 10:24
And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;
1 Peter 1:22
And as you have made your souls clean, being ruled by what is true, and loving one another without deceit, see that your love is warm and from the heart:
1 John 3:18
My little children, do not let our love be in word and in tongue, but let it be in act and in good faith.
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Acts 18:10
For I am with you, and no one will make an attack on you to do you damage: for I have a number of people in this town.
Acts 22:19
And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:
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Acts 19:4
And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.
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Acts 19:20
So the word of the Lord was increased very greatly and was full of power.
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1 Chronicles 4:10
And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.
Romans 12:15
Take part in the joy of those who are glad, and in the grief of those who are sorrowing.
Romans 15:1
We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.
1 Corinthians 5:2
And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.
1 Corinthians 9:22
To the feeble, I was as one who is feeble, so that they might have salvation: I have been all things to all men, so that some at least might have salvation.
1 Corinthians 12:26
And if there is pain in one part of the body, all the parts will be feeling it; or if one part is honoured, all the parts will be glad.
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.
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;
2 Corinthians 6:11
Our mouth is open to you, O Corinthians, our heart is wide.
Galatians 2:5
To whom we gave way not even for an hour; so that the true words of the good news might still be with you.
Galatians 6:2
Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.
1 Peter 1:6
You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,
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Romans 14:15
And if because of food your brother is troubled, then you are no longer going on in the way of love. Do not let your food be destruction to him for whom Christ went into death.
1 Corinthians 1:4
I give praise to my God for you at all times, because of the grace of God which has been given to you in Christ Jesus;
1 Corinthians 4:19
But I will come to you in a short time, if it is pleasing to the Lord, and I will take note, not of the word of those who are full of pride, but of the power.
1 Corinthians 9:2
If to others I am not an Apostle, at least I am one to you: for the fact that you are Christians is the sign that I am an Apostle.
1 Corinthians 16:3
And when I come, I will send the men of your selection with letters to take the money you have got together to Jerusalem.
2 Corinthians 1:14
Even as you have been ready, in part, to say that we are your glory, in the same way that you are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not like the great number who make use of the word of God for profit: but our words are true, as from God, being said as before God in Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:11
Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.
2 Corinthians 7:13
So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.
2 Corinthians 11:28
In addition to all the other things, there is that which comes on me every day, the care of all the churches.
2 Corinthians 12:19
It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.
Philippians 1:4
And in all my prayers for you all, making my request with joy,
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Mark 10:22
But his face became sad at the saying, and he went away sorrowing: for he was one who had much property.
1 Corinthians 13:4
Love is never tired of waiting; love is kind; love has no envy; love has no high opinion of itself, love has no pride;
1 Corinthians 13:7
Love has the power of undergoing all things, having faith in all things, hoping all things.
1 Corinthians 13:8
Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.
Galatians 5:6
Because in Christ Jesus, having circumcision or not having circumcision are equally of no profit; but only faith working through love.
Ephesians 4:20
For this was not the teaching of Christ which was given to you;
Philemon 1:5
Hearing of the love and the faith which you have to the Lord Jesus and to all the saints;
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 6:10
For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.
1 John 4:7
My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.
Revelation 2:4
But I have this against you, that you are turned away from your first love.
Revelation 2:19
I have knowledge of your works, and your love and faith and help and strength in trouble, and that your last works are more than the first.
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2 Corinthians 1:8
For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:
2 Corinthians 1:9
Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead:
2 Corinthians 1:10
Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;
2 Corinthians 1:11
You at the same time helping together by your prayer for us; so that for what has been given to us through a number of persons, praise may go up to God for us from all of them.
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Lamentations 3:32
For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.
Lamentations 3:33
For he has no pleasure in troubling and causing grief to the children of men.
John 16:6
But your hearts are full of sorrow because I have said these things.
2 Corinthians 2:8
For which cause my desire is that you will make your love to him clear by your acts.
2 Corinthians 2:10
But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;
2 Corinthians 2:11
So that Satan may not get the better of us: for we are not without knowledge of his designs.
Hebrews 12:9
And again, if the fathers of our flesh gave us punishment and had our respect, how much more will we be under the authority of the Father of spirits, and have life?
Hebrews 12:10
For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.
Hebrews 12:11
At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.
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1 Corinthians 4:21
What is your desire? is my coming to be with punishment, or is it to be in love and a gentle spirit?
2 Corinthians 7:4
My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.
2 Corinthians 8:2
How while they were undergoing every sort of trouble, and were in the greatest need, they took all the greater joy in being able to give freely to the needs of others.
2 Corinthians 8:13
And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:
2 Corinthians 11:2
For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.
2 Corinthians 12:20
For I have a fear that, when I come, you may not be answering to my desire, and that I may not be answering to yours; that there may be fighting, hate, angry feeling, divisions, evil talk about others, secrets, thoughts of pride, outbursts against authority;
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Mark 8:35
Whoever has a desire to keep his life, will have it taken from him; and whoever gives up his life because of me and the good news, will keep it.
1 Corinthians 4:14
I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.
1 Corinthians 8:13
For this reason, if food is a cause of trouble to my brother, I will give up taking meat for ever, so that I may not be a cause of trouble to my brother.
1 Corinthians 9:12
If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:23
And I do all things for the cause of the good news, so that I may have a part in it.
2 Corinthians 4:8
Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them;
2 Corinthians 13:9
For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete.
Philippians 1:8
For God is my witness, how my love goes out to you all in the loving mercies of Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.
1 Thessalonians 3:7
For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith;
1 Thessalonians 3:8
For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged.
2 Timothy 2:10
But I undergo all things for the saints, so that they may have salvation in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
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Ephesians 4:25
And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.
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Acts 20:1
And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.
Acts 20:17
And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus for the rulers of the church.
Acts 20:18
And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,
Acts 20:30
And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.
2 Corinthians 1:17
If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow?
2 Corinthians 1:19
For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we were preaching among you, even I and Silvanus and Timothy, was not Yes and No, but in him is Yes.
Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons of the church:
1 Timothy 3:5
(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
Hebrews 13:17
Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.
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