Philippians 2:26

Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.

Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

Stand firm therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and don’t be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

A cheerful heart makes good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but I will look to this man, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.

Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them.

Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News;

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but an aching heart breaks the spirit.

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

You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

We exhort you, brothers: Admonish the disorderly; encourage the faint-hearted; support the weak; be patient toward all.

However, if you fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well.

This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.

For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

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.

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.

Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

Let’s fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.

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.

Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?

If you see the donkey of him who hates you fallen down under his burden, don’t leave him. You shall surely help him with it.

“I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters!

Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?

God, why have you rejected us forever? Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.

All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

to whom he said, “This is the resting place. Give rest to weary,” and “This is the refreshing;” yet they would not hear.

I bring my righteousness near. It is not far off, and my salvation will not wait. I will grant salvation to Zion, my glory to Israel.

Then your people will all be righteous. They will inherit the land forever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified.

I will greatly rejoice in Yahweh! My soul will be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

I looked, and there was no one to help; and I wondered that there was no one to uphold. Therefore my own arm brought salvation to me. My own wrath upheld me.

Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance; the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them.

But he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.

For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,

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

I always thank my God concerning you, for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus;

In this confidence, I was determined to come first to you, that you might have a second benefit,

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.

let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,

Now therefore, restore the man’s wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don’t restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours.”

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king’s heart was toward Absalom.

Look on my right, and see; for there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.

He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.

He said to them, “Take me up, and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will be calm for you; for I know that because of me this great storm is on you.”

Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.

They beckoned to their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. They came, and filled both boats, so that they began to sink.

For there is no good tree that produces rotten fruit; nor again a rotten tree that produces good fruit.

“In this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.

For you, brothers, were called for freedom. Only don’t use your freedom for gain to the flesh, but through love be servants to one another.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

When Yahweh your God enlarges your border, as he has promised you, and you say, “I want to eat meat,” because your soul desires to eat meat, you may eat meat, after all the desire of your soul.

King David longed to go out to Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead.

David spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, “Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father’s house.”

Now Elisha became sick with the illness of which he died; and Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over him, and said, “My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!”

If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;’

Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and severely troubled.

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end that you may be established;

that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. When one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

while they themselves also, with supplication on your behalf, yearn for you by reason of the exceeding grace of God in you.

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

I thank my God whenever I remember you,

Therefore, my brothers, beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, stand firm in the Lord in this way, my beloved.

longing to see you, remembering your tears, that I may be filled with joy;

Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,