Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.
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Romans · Romans 12
Romans 12:15
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Before
14Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don’t curse.
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.
After
16Be of the same mind one towards another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits.
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- Job 2:11-13Shares a themeNow 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 sympathise with him and to comfort him. When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn’t recognise him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads towards the sky. So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.Shared with Grief
- John 11:33-35Shares a themeWhen Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit and was troubled, and said, “Where have you laid him?” They told him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus wept.Shared with Grief
- Revelation 21:4Shares a themeHe 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.”Shared with Grief
- Lamentations 3:19-23Shares a themeRemember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness. My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me. This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope. It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.Shared with Grief
- Matthew 5:4Shares a themeBlessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.Shared with Grief