Thematic Bible: Of saints should be


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So there was great joy in that city.






Rejoice in the Lord and be happy, you who are godly! Shout for joy, all you who are morally upright!


For you grant him lasting blessings; you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence.

But the godly are happy; they rejoice before God and are overcome with joy.






that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.


When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls, I will rejoice because of the Lord; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me!


"Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me. Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.




You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,


You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,




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