Acts 16:25

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Acts 16:25

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Summary

Acts 16:25

And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.

At midnight

Prayed

James 5:13

Sang

And the

Ezra 3:12

Psalm 71:7

Zechariah 3:8

General references

Lamentations 3:55

Acts 5:18

Bible References

At midnight

He never asks, "Where is God, my Creator, who gives me songs in the night,

My God, I cry out to you throughout the day, but you do not answer; and throughout the night, but I have no rest.

By day the LORD will command his gracious love, and by night his song is with me a prayer to the God of my life.

During the night I remembered my song. I meditate in my heart, and my spirit ponders.

In the night I remember your name, LORD, and keep your instruction.

You will have songs as on nights when people celebrate a holy festival, and gladness of heart, as when they set out with flutes to go to the LORD's mountain, to the Rock of Israel.

Prayed

Call on me in the day of distress; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me."

When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; my hands were raised at night and they did not grow weary. I refused to be comforted.

When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him in his distress. I will deliver him, and I will honor him.

Then he told them, "I'm so deeply grieved that I feel I'm about to die. Wait here and stay awake with me."

In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat became like large drops of blood falling on the ground.

As a mortal man, he offered up prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his devotion to God.

Is anyone among you suffering? He should keep on praying. Is anyone cheerful? He should keep reciting psalms.

Sang

They left the Council, rejoicing to have been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the Name.

I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise will be in my mouth continuously.

"How blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, because the kingdom from heaven belongs to them!

"How blessed are you whenever people hate you, avoid you, insult you, and slander you because of the Son of Man!

Not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Be joyful in hope, patient in trouble, and persistent in prayer.

In every way we're troubled but not crushed, frustrated but not in despair,

as sorrowful and yet always rejoicing, as poor and yet enriching many, as having nothing and yet possessing everything.

Yet even if I am being poured out like an offering as part of the sacrifice and service I offer for your faith, I rejoice, and I share my joy with all of you.

Keep on rejoicing in the Lord at all times. I will say it again: Keep on rejoicing!

Now I am rejoicing while suffering for you as I complete in my flesh whatever remains of the Messiah's sufferings on behalf of his body, which is the church.

Let the peace of the Messiah also rule in your hearts, to which you were called in one body, and be thankful.

Always be joyful.

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials,

You greatly rejoice in this, even though you have to suffer various kinds of trials for a little while,

If you are insulted because of the name of the Messiah, you are blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God is resting on you.

And the

Now a number of the priests, the Levities, and the leading officials of the elders who were very elderly had seen the former Temple with their own eyes. When they observed the foundation of the Temple being laid, they wept with a loud voice, while the rest of them shouted for joy.

I have become an example to many that you are my strong refuge.

""Listen, High Priest Joshua, you and those companions of yours who sit with you, for these men are a sign that I am presenting my servant, the Branch.

General references

I called on your name, LORD, from the depths of the Pit,

arrested the apostles, and put them in the city jail.