Psalm 90:15
Make us rejoice for as many days as you have made us suffer, for as many years as we have experienced evil.
Deuteronomy 2:14-16
This was thirty-eight years after we left Kadesh-Barnea. By that time all the men who had been in the army at Kadesh-Barnea had died, just as Jehovah said they would.
Psalm 30:5
For His anger is only for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime! Weeping may last for the night but a shout of joy comes in the morning.
Psalm 126:5-6
Those who cry while they plant will joyfully sing while they harvest.
Isaiah 12:1
In that day you will say: I will praise you, O Jehovah. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me.
Isaiah 40:1-2
Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
Isaiah 61:3
to present a garland, instead of ashes, to those who mourn in Zion, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. They will be called oaks of righteousness. They are the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
Isaiah 65:18-19
Be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy.
Jeremiah 31:12-13
They will come and shout for joy on top of Mount Zion. They will stream to it to enjoy Jehovah's blessings: fresh grain, new wine, olive oil, lambs and calves. Their lives will be like well-watered gardens, and they will never suffer again.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
John 16:20
Truly I tell you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
Revelation 7:14-17
I said to him: Sir, you know. He said to me: These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.