Ecclesiastes 7:14
In a day of prosperity be in gladness, And in a day of evil consider. Also this over-against that hath God made, To the intent that man doth not find anything after him.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it is his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?
Deuteronomy 28:47
Because that thou hast not served Jehovah thy God with joy, and with gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things --
Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.
Deuteronomy 8:3
'And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.
1 Kings 8:47
and they have turned it back unto their heart in the land whither they have been taken captive, and have turned back, and made supplication unto Thee, in the land of their captors, saying, We have sinned and done perversely -- we have done wickedly;
1 Kings 17:17-18
And it cometh to pass, after these things, the son of the woman, mistress of the house, hath been sick, and his sickness is very severe till that no breath hath been left in him.
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
And when he is in distress he hath appeased the face of Jehovah his God, and is humbled exceedingly before the God of his fathers,
Job 10:1-2
My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Psalm 30:11-12
Thou hast turned my mourning to dancing for me, Thou hast loosed my sackcloth, And girdest me with joy.
Psalm 40:3
And He putteth in my mouth a new song, 'Praise to our God.' Many do see and fear, and trust in Jehovah.
Psalm 94:12-13
O the happiness of the man Whom Thou instructest, O Jah, And out of Thy law teachest him,
Psalm 119:71
Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, said the preacher, the whole is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
The end of the whole matter let us hear: -- 'Fear God, and keep His commands, for this is the whole of man.
Isaiah 22:12-14
And call doth the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, In that day, to weeping and to lamentation, And to baldness and to girding on of sackcloth,
Isaiah 26:11
O Jehovah, high is Thy hand -- they see not, They see the zeal of the people, and are ashamed, Also, the fire -- Thine adversaries, consumeth them.
Isaiah 42:25
And He poureth on him fury, His anger, and the strength of battle, And it setteth him on fire round about, And he hath not known, And it burneth against him, and he layeth it not to heart!
Jeremiah 23:20
The anger of Jehovah doth not turn back Till His doing, and till His establishing, The thoughts of His heart, In the latter end of the days ye attend to it With understanding.
Hosea 2:6-7
Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.
Micah 6:9
A voice of Jehovah to the city calleth, And wisdom doth fear Thy name, Hear ye the rod, and Him who appointed it.
Haggai 1:5-7
And now, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Set your heart to your ways.
Matthew 9:13
but having gone, learn ye what is, Kindness I will, and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call righteous men, but sinners, to reformation.'
Luke 15:17-18
'And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!
John 16:22-23
'And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one doth take from you,
Acts 14:22
confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that through many tribulations it behoveth us to enter into the reign of God,
James 5:13
Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms;