Ecclesiastes 7:3

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law,

Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong! Don’t be afraid! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you.

Therefore the Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry; behold, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, my servants will rejoice, but you will be disappointed;

Yahweh said to him, “Peace be to you! Don’t be afraid. You shall not die.”

Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;

Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn’t listen to Balaam, but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Yahweh your God loved you.

“Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.

For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.

Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.

At the beginning of your petitions the commandment went out, and I have come to tell you; for you are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter, and understand the vision.

Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel; for from the first day that you set your heart to understand, and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come for your words’ sake.

He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Even to this present hour we hunger, thirst, are naked, are beaten, and have no certain dwelling place.

But when we are judged, we are punished by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work will be rewarded.”

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.

Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.

Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.

In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.

For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you.

They will come with weeping. I will lead them with petitions. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they won’t stumble; for I am a father to Israel. Ephraim is my firstborn.

He said, “Greatly beloved man, don’t be afraid. Peace be to you. Be strong. Yes, be strong.” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me.”

Jesus, being moved with compassion, touched their eyes; and immediately their eyes received their sight, and they followed him.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will not be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.

to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

through whom we also have our access by faith into this grace in which we stand. We rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,

When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.

You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

But the end of all things is near. Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

Beloved, now we are children of God. It is not yet revealed what we will be; but we know that when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,

They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat;

Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”

When all the kings who were servants to Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians were afraid to help the children of Ammon any more.

Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don’t observe your law.

In this mountain, Yahweh of Armies will make all peoples a feast of choice meat, a feast of choice wines, of choice meat full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, “Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick.”

Jesus wept.

The Jews therefore said, “See how much affection he had for him!”

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

I now rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved to repentance. For you were grieved in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”

Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.