Psalms 126:5
Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.
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2 Kings 20:5
“Turn back, and tell Hezekiah the prince of my people, ‘Yahweh, the God of David your father, says, “I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day, you will go up to Yahweh’s house.
Psalms 39:12
“Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
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Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared, for today is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved, for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”
John 15:11
I have spoken these things to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be made full.
John 17:13
But now I come to you, and I say these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.
Romans 14:17
for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
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Psalms 6:6
I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.
Psalms 38:18
For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
Psalms 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.
Luke 6:21
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Luke 7:38
Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
James 4:10
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he will exalt you.
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Psalms 40:8
I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”
Psalms 100:2
Serve Yahweh with gladness. Come before his presence with singing.
Ecclesiastes 11:6
In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening don’t withhold your hand; for you don’t know which will prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both will be equally good.
Luke 10:17
The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!”
John 4:36
He who reaps receives wages and gathers fruit to eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.
Acts 11:23
who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.
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Psalms 126:1
When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.
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Isaiah 9:3
You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the plunder.
Jeremiah 31:12
They will come and sing in the height of Zion, and will flow to the goodness of Yahweh, to the grain, to the new wine, to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd. Their soul will be as a watered garden. They will not sorrow any more at all.
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Jeremiah 31:18
“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving thus, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as an untrained calf. Turn me, and I will be turned, for you are Yahweh my God.
Jeremiah 31:19
Surely after that I was turned. I repented. After that I was instructed. I struck my thigh. I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
Jeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a darling child? For as often as I speak against him, I still earnestly remember him. therefore my heart yearns for him. I will surely have mercy on him,” says Yahweh.
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Hosea 6:11
“Also, Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, when I restore the fortunes of my people.
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2 Timothy 1:4
longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;
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