Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
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That sow
Psalm 137:1
By rivers of Babylon -- There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
Isaiah 12:1
And thou hast said in that day: 'I thank thee, O Jehovah, Though Thou hast been angry with me, Turn back doth Thine anger, And Thou dost comfort me.
Jeremiah 31:9
With weeping they come in, And with supplications I bring them, I cause them to go unto streams of waters, In a right way -- they stumble not in it, For I have been to Israel for a father, And Ephraim -- My first-born is he.
Joel 2:17
Between the porch and the altar weep let the priests, ministrants of Jehovah, And let them say: 'Have pity, O Jehovah, on Thy people, And give not Thy inheritance to reproach, To the ruling over them of nations, Why do they say among peoples, Where is their God?'
Matthew 5:4
Happy the mourning -- because they shall be comforted.
John 16:20
verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, and the world will rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow joy will become.
2 Corinthians 7:8
because even if I made you sorry in the letter, I do not repent -- if even I did repent -- for I perceive that the letter, even if for an hour, did make you sorry.
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Matthew 5:4
Happy the mourning -- because they shall be comforted.