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daughters tried to console him, he refused all consolation,
saying, "No, I will go down mourning to my son in the nether
world." Thus did his father lament him. [GEN 37:35]
She said, "May I prove worthy of your kindness, my lord:
you have comforted me, your servant, with your consoling words;
would indeed that I were a servant of yours!" [RUTH 2:13]
"He will be your comfort and the support of your old age, for
his mother is the daughter-in-law who loves you. She is worth more
to you than seven sons!" [RUTH 4:15]
Then they went to console David with food while it was still
day. But David swore, "May God do thus and so to me if I eat
bread or anything else before sunset." [2SAM 3:35]
Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went and slept with
her; and she conceived and bore him a son, who was named Solomon.
The LORD loved him and sent the prophet Nathan to name him
Jedidiah, on behalf of the LORD. [2SAM 12:24-25]
Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, but after his kinsmen
had come and comforted him, he visited his wife, who conceived and
bore a son whom he named Beriah, since evil had befallen his
house. [1CHRON 7:22-23]
David said, "I will show kindness to Hanun, the son of
Nahash, for his father treated me with kindness." Therefore
he sent envoys to him to comfort him over the death of his father.
But when David's servants had entered the land of the Ammonites to
comfort Hanun, the Ammonite princes said to Hanun, "Do you
think David is doing this - sending you these consolers - to honor
your father? Have not his servants rather come to you to explore
the land, spying it out for its overthrow?" [1CHRON 19:2-3]
But God changed the king's anger to gentleness. In great
anxiety he sprang from his throne, held her in his arms until she
recovered, and comforted her with reassuring words. [ESTH D:8]
Now when three of Job's friends heard of all the misfortune
that had come upon him, they set out each one from his own place:
Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuh, and Zophar from Naamath.
They met and journeyed together to give him sympathy and comfort.
[JOB 2:11]
Then I should still have consolation and could exult through
unremitting pain, because I have not transgressed the commands of
the Holy One. [JOB 6:10]
When I say, "My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease
my complaint," Then you affright me with dreams and with
visions terrify me, So that I should prefer choking and death
rather than my pains. [JOB 7:13-15]
Are the consolations of God not enough for you, and speech that
deals gently with you? [JOB 15:11]
I have heard this sort of thing many times. Wearisome
comforters are you all! [JOB 16:2]
At least listen to my words, and let that be the consolation
you offer. [JOB 21:2]
How then can you offer me vain comfort, while in your answers
perfidy remains? [JOB 21:34]
When I smiled on them they were reassured; mourners took
comfort from my cheerful glance. I chose out their way and
presided; I took a king's place in the armed forces. [JOB 29:24-25]
Then all his brethren and his sisters came to him, and all his
former acquaintances, and they dined with him in his house. They
condoled with him and comforted him for all the evil which the
LORD had brought upon him; and each one gave him a piece of money
and a gold ring. [JOB 42:11]
Insult has broken my heart, and I am weak; I looked for
compassion, but there was none, for comforters, but found none.
[PS 69:21]
Restore my honor; turn and comfort me, That I may praise you
with the lyre for your faithfulness, my God, And sing to you with
the harp, O Holy One of Israel! [PS 71:21-22]
On the day of my distress I seek the Lord; by night my hands
are raised unceasingly; I refuse to be consoled. [PS 77:3]
Give me a sign of your favor: make my enemies see, to their
confusion, that you, LORD, help and comfort me. [PS 86:17]
When cares increase within me, your comfort gives me joy. [PS
94:19]
This is my comfort in affliction, your promise that gives me
life. [PS 119:50]
When I recite your edicts of old I am comforted, LORD. [PS
119:52]
May your love comfort me in accord with your promise to your
servant. [PS 119:76]
My eyes long to see your promise. When will you comfort me? [PS
119:82]
Correct your son, and he will bring you comfort, and give
delight to your soul. [PROV 29:17]
Again I considered all the oppressions that take place under
the sun: the tears of the victims with none to comfort them! From
the hand of their oppressors comes violence, and there is none to
comfort them! [ECCL 4:1]
While should they die abruptly, they have no hope nor comfort
in the day of scrutiny; for dire is the end of the wicked
generation. [WISDOM 3:18-19]
So I determined to take her to live with me, knowing that she
would be my counselor while all was well, and my comfort in care
and grief. [WISDOM 8:9]
He who reveres his father will live a long life; he obeys the
LORD who brings comfort to his mother. [SIRACH 3:6]
No good comes to him who gives comfort to the wicked, nor is it
an act of mercy that he does. [SIRACH 12:3]
By his powerful spirit he looked into the future and consoled
the mourners of Zion; He foretold what should be till the end of
time, hidden things yet to be fulfilled. [SIRACH 48:24-25]
On that day, you will say: I give you thanks, O LORD; though
you have been angry with me, your anger has abated, and you have
consoled me. [ISA 12:1]
At this I say: Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly; Do not
try to comfort me for the ruin of the daughter of my people. [ISA
22:4]
Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. [ISA 40:1]
Sing out, O heavens, and rejoice, O earth, break forth into
song, you mountains. For the LORD comforts his people and shows
mercy to his afflicted. [ISA 49:13]
Yes, the LORD shall comfort Zion and have pity on all her
ruins; Her deserts he shall make like Eden, her wasteland like the
garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness shall be found in her,
thanksgiving and the sound of song. [ISA 51:3]
I, it is I who comfort you. Can you then fear mortal man, who
is human only, to be looked upon as grass, And forget the LORD,
your maker, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations
of the earth? All the day you are in constant dread of the fury of
the oppressor; But when he sets himself to destroy, what is there of the oppressor's fury? [ISA 51:12-13]
Your misfortunes are double; who is there to condole with you?
Desolation and destruction, famine and sword! Who is there to
comfort you? [ISA 51:19]
Break out together in song, O ruins of Jerusalem! For the LORD
comforts his people, he redeems Jerusalem. [ISA 52:9]
O afflicted one, storm-battered and unconsoled, I lay your
pavements in carnelians, and your foundations in sapphires; I will
make your battlements of rubies, your gates of carbuncles, and all
your walls of precious stones. All your sons shall be taught by
the LORD, and great shall be the peace of your children. [ISA
54:11-13]
I will not accuse forever, nor always be angry; For their
spirits would faint before me, the souls that I have made. Because
of their wicked avarice I was angry, and struck them, hiding
myself in wrath, as they went their own rebellious way. I saw their ways, but I
will heal them and lead them; I will give full comfort to them and
to those who mourn for them, I, the Creator, who gave them life.
Peace, peace to the far and the near, says the LORD; and I will
heal them. [ISA 57:16-19]
The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has
anointed me; He has sent me to bring glad tidings to the lowly, to
heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives and
release to the prisoners, To announce a year of favor from the
LORD and a day of vindication by our God, to comfort all who
mourn; To place on those who mourn in Zion a diadem instead of
ashes, To give them oil of gladness in place of mourning, a
glorious mantle instead of a listless spirit. They will be called
oaks of justice, planted by the LORD to show his glory. [ISA 61:1-3]
As a mother comforts her son, so will I comfort you; in
Jerusalem you shall find your comfort. [ISA 66:13]
Who will pity you, Jerusalem, who will console you? Who will
stop to ask about your welfare? [JER 15:5]
They will not break bread with the bereaved to console them in
their bereavement; they will not give them the cup of consolation
to drink over the death of father or mother. [JER 16:7]
They departed in tears, but I will console them and guide them;
I will lead them to brooks of water, on a level road, so that none
shall stumble. For I am a father to Israel, Ephraim is my
first-born. [JER 31:9]
Then the virgins shall make merry and dance, and young men and
old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, I will console
and gladden them after their sorrows. [JER 31:13]
Thus says the LORD: In Ramah is heard the sound of moaning, of
bitter weeping! Rachel mourns her children, she refuses to be
consoled because her children are no more. [JER 31:15]
Bitterly she weeps at night, tears upon her cheeks, With not
one to console her of all her dear ones; Her friends have all
betrayed her and become her enemies. [LAM 1:2]
Her filth is on her skirt; she gave no thought how she would
end. Astounding is her downfall, with no one to console her. Look,
O LORD, upon her misery, for the enemy has triumphed! [LAM 1:9]
"At this I weep, my eyes run with tears: Far from me are
all who could console me, any who might revive me; My sons were
reduced to silence when the enemy prevailed." [LAM 1:16]
Zion stretched out her hands, but there was no one to console
her; The LORD gave orders against Jacob for his neighbors to be
his foes; Jerusalem has become in their midst a thing unclean.
[LAM 1:17]
"Give heed to my groaning; there is no one to console me.
All my enemies rejoice at my misfortune: it is you who have
wrought it. Bring on the day you have proclaimed, that they may be
even as I. [LAM 1:21]
To what can I liken or compare you, O daughter Jerusalem? What
example can I show you for your comfort, virgin daughter Zion? For
great as the sea is your downfall; who can heal you? [LAM 2:13]
Thus says the Lord GOD: Even though I send Jerusalem my four
cruel punishments, the sword, famine, wild beasts, and pestilence,
to cut off from it man and beast, still some survivors shall be
left in it who will bring out sons and daughters; when they come
out to you, you shall see their conduct and their actions and be
consoled regarding the evil I have brought on Jerusalem (all that
I have brought upon it). They shall console you when you see their
conduct and actions, for you shall then know that it was not
without reason that I did to it what I did, says the Lord GOD. [EZEK
14:21-23]
I will restore their fortunes, the fortune of Sodom and her
daughters and of Samaria and her daughters (and I will restore
your fortune along with them), that you may bear your shame and be disgraced for all the
comfort you brought them. [EZEK 16:53-54]
At the crash of his fall I made the nations rock, when I cast
him down to the nether world with those who go down into the pit.
In the land below, all Eden's trees were consoled, Lebanon's
choice and best, all that were fed by water. [EZEK 31:16]
When Pharaoh sees these, he shall be comforted for all his
hordes slain by the sword - Pharaoh and all his army, says the Lord
GOD. [EZEK 32:31]
And when the LORD God provided a gourd plant, that grew up over
Jonah's head, giving shade that relieved him of any discomfort,
Jonah was very happy over the plant. [JONAH 4:6]
Till everyone who sees you runs from you, saying, "Nineveh
is destroyed; who can pity her? Where can one find any to console
her?" [NAHUM 3:7]
To the angel who spoke with me, the LORD replied with
comforting words. And the angel who spoke with me said to me,
Proclaim: Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am deeply moved for the
sake of Jerusalem and Zion, and I am exceedingly angry with the
complacent nations; whereas I was but a little angry, they added
to the harm. Therefore, says the LORD: I will turn to Jerusalem in
mercy; my house shall be built in it, says the LORD of hosts, and
a measuring line shall be stretched over Jerusalem. Proclaim
further: Thus says the LORD of hosts: My cities shall again
overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion, and
again choose Jerusalem. [ZECH 1:13-17]
For the teraphim speak nonsense, the diviners have false
visions: Deceitful dreams they tell, empty comfort they offer.
This is why they wander like sheep, wretched: they have no
shepherd. [ZECH 10:2]
"A voice was heard in Ramah, sobbing and loud lamentation;
Rachel weeping for her children, and she would not be consoled,
since they were no more." [MT 2:18]
Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. [MT
5:4]
Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This
man was righteous and devout, awaiting the consolation of Israel,
and the Holy Spirit was upon him. It had been revealed to him by
the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen
the Messiah of the Lord. He came in the Spirit into the temple;
and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to perform the
custom of the law in regard to him, he took him into his arms and
blessed God, saying: "Now, Master, you may let your servant
go in peace, according to your word, for my eyes have seen your
salvation, which you prepared in sight of all the peoples, a light
for revelation to the Gentiles, and glory for your people
Israel." The child's father and mother were amazed at what
was said about him; and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his
mother, "Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise
of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted (and
you yourself a sword will pierce) so that the thoughts of many
hearts may be revealed." [LK 2:25-35]
But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your
consolation. [LK 6:24]
Abraham replied, 'My child, remember that you received what was
good during your lifetime while Lazarus likewise received what was
bad; but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented.' [LK
16:25]
And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort
them about their brother. [JN 11:19]
So when the Jews who were with her in the house comforting her
saw Mary get up quickly and go out, they followed her, presuming
that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When Mary came to
where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him,
"Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have
died." [JN 11:31-32]
The church throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria was at
peace. It was being built up and walked in the fear of the Lord,
and with the consolation of the Holy Spirit it grew in numbers.
[ACTS 9:31]
And they took the boy away alive and were immeasurably
comforted. [ACTS 20:12]
And Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision;
these alone are my co-workers for the kingdom of God, and they
have been a comfort to me. [Taken from COL 4:11]
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, about those who
have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve like the rest, who
have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose, so too
will God, through Jesus, bring with him those who have fallen
asleep. Indeed, we tell you this, on the word of the Lord, that we
who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will
surely not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord
himself, with a word of command, with the voice of an archangel
and with the trumpet of God, will come down from heaven, and the
dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are
left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet
the Lord in the air. Thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore, console one another with these words. [1THES
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