Song of Solomon 2:11

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and Yahweh’s glory has risen on you.

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. The light has shined on those who lived in the land of the shadow of death.

Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

then I saw all the work of God, that man can’t find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won’t find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won’t be able to find it.

to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know. I will lead them in paths that they don’t know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.

to proclaim the year of Yahweh’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,

Instead of your shame you will have double. Instead of dishonor, they will rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they will possess double. Everlasting joy will be to them.

Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope! Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.

Again, I write a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you; because the darkness is passing away and the true light already shines.

God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.

Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.

The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.

“Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before.

You will arise and have mercy on Zion; for it is time to have pity on her. Yes, the set time has come.

First I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled my inheritance with their abominations.”

The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, daughter of Zion. He will no more carry you away into captivity. He will visit your iniquity, daughter of Edom. He will uncover your sins.

“Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her.

Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.

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

having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;

when his lamp shone on my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,

Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches.

Behold, I have only found this: that God made man upright; but they search for many schemes.”

I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.

I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.

All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.

What was sown among the thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

They were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well. He makes even the deaf hear, and the mute speak!”

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

“His lord commended the dishonest manager because he had done wisely, for the children of this world are, in their own generation, wiser than the children of the light.

While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become children of light.” Jesus said these things, and he departed and hid himself from them.

Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting;

in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience.

You are all children of light and children of the day. We don’t belong to the night, nor to darkness,

Return to her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double.

He set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the wide place at the gate of the city, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,

Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, “Today is holy to Yahweh your God. Don’t mourn, nor weep.” For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

“Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand?

We can’t reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.

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.

Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

Let me hear joy and gladness, that the bones which you have broken may rejoice.

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather, or vinegar on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

House of Jacob, come, and let’s walk in the light of Yahweh.

In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.

He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.

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.

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.

Then Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”

But Yahweh says, “Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the plunder retrieved from the fierce, for I will contend with him who contends with you and I will save your children.

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts. Let him return to Yahweh, and he will have mercy on him, to our God, for he will freely pardon.

“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

‘Yahweh has produced our righteousness: come, and let’s declare in Zion the work of Yahweh our God.’

But those of those who escape, they will escape and will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, everyone in his iniquity.

But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

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.

“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But here he is now comforted, and you are in anguish.

Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love,

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

It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening, you shall keep your Sabbath.”

“ ‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls. You shall do no kind of work;

From the day that the ark stayed in Kiriath Jearim, the time was long; for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh.

David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot. All the people who were with him each covered his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

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

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can’t find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

“Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.”

He who is far off will die of the pestilence. He who is near will fall by the sword. He who remains and is besieged will die by the famine. Thus I will accomplish my wrath on them.

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

For the earth bears fruit: first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.

Therefore remember that once you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “uncircumcision” by that which is called “circumcision” (in the flesh, made by hands),

For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.