Ecclesiastes 7:14
When times are good, be joyful; when times are bad, consider this: God made the one as well as the other, so people won't seek anything outside of his best.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
I concluded that it is worthwhile for people to find joy in their accomplishments, because that is their inheritance, since who can see what will exist after them?
Deuteronomy 28:47
"Because you didn't serve the LORD your God joyfully and wholeheartedly, despite the abundance of everything you have,
Ecclesiastes 3:4
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Deuteronomy 8:3
He humbled you, causing you to be hungry, yet he fed you with manna that neither you nor your ancestors had known, in order to teach you that human beings are not to live by food alone instead human beings are to live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.
1 Kings 8:47
if they turn their hearts back to you in the land where they have been taken captive, repent, and pray to you even if they do so in the land of their captivity confessing, "We have sinned, we have committed abominations, and practiced wickedness,'
1 Kings 17:17-18
Sometime later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. In fact, his illness became so severe that he died.
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
But when he was in trouble, he sought the face of the LORD his God, humbled himself magnificently before the God of his ancestors,
Job 10:1-2
"I am disgusted with living, so I'm going to talk about my complaint freely. I'll speak out from the bitterness of my soul.
Psalm 30:11-12
You have turned my mourning into dancing; you took off my sackcloth and clothed me with a garment of joy,
Psalm 40:3
He put a new song in my mouth, praise to our God! Many will watch and be in awe, and they will place their trust in the LORD.
Psalm 94:12-13
How blessed is the man whom you instruct, LORD, whom you teach from your Law,
Psalm 119:71
It was for my good that I was humbled; so that I would learn your statutes.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
"Utterly pointless," says the Teacher. "Everything is pointless."
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let the conclusion of all of these thoughts be heard: Fear God and obey his commandments, for this is what it means to be human.
Isaiah 22:12-14
On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth.
Isaiah 26:11
"LORD, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. And let them see your zeal for your people and be put to shame yes, let the fire reserved for your enemies consume them!
Isaiah 42:25
so he drenched him with the heat that is his anger, the violence of war. It enveloped him in flames, but still he had no insight. It burned him up, but he didn't take it to heart."
Jeremiah 23:20
The LORD's anger won't turn back until he has accomplished what he intended to do. In the future you will clearly understand it.
Hosea 2:6-7
"Look how I'm blocking her path with thorns and building a wall to hinder her, so she can't find her way.
Micah 6:9
The voice of the LORD cries out to the city wisdom fears your name: "Heed the rod, and the one who prepared it!
Haggai 1:5-7
"Now this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, says: "Carefully consider your ways:
Matthew 9:13
Go and learn what this means: "I want mercy and not sacrifice,' because I did not come to call righteous people, but sinners."
Luke 15:17-18
"Then he came to his senses and said, "How many of my father's hired men have more food than they can eat, and here I am starving to death!
John 16:22-23
Now you are having pain. But I'll see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
Acts 14:22
strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. "We must endure many hardships," they said, "to get into the kingdom of God."
James 5:13
Is anyone among you suffering? He should keep on praying. Is anyone cheerful? He should keep reciting psalms.