Acts 16:25

American Standard Version (1901)

But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;

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  • Ps 77:6 : 6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.
  • Jas 1:2 : 2 Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations;
  • 1 Pet 1:6-8 : 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials, 7 that the proof of your faith, [being] more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ: 8 whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
  • Job 35:10 : 10 But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,
  • Ps 119:62 : 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee Because of thy righteous ordinances.
  • Eph 5:19 : 19 speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
  • Phil 4:4-7 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord always: again I will say, Rejoice. 5 Let your forbearance be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. 6 In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
  • Col 3:15-17 : 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to the which also ye were called in one body; and be ye thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms [and] hymns [and] spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God. 17 And whatsoever ye do, in word or in deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
  • 1 Thess 5:16-18 : 16 Rejoice always; 17 pray without ceasing; 18 in everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus to you-ward.
  • Heb 5:7 : 7 Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear, [
  • Col 1:24 : 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;
  • Ezra 3:12-13 : 12 But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' [houses], the old men that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: 13 so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all:
  • Ps 91:15 : 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and honor him.
  • Ps 119:55 : 55 I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.
  • Ps 22:2 : 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
  • Ps 34:1 : 1 [[ A Psalm] of David; when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed]. I will bless Jehovah at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
  • Ps 42:8 : 8 [ Yet] Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, [Even] a prayer unto the God of my life.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
  • Ps 71:7 : 7 I am as a wonder unto many; But thou art my strong refuge.
  • Ps 77:2 : 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted.
  • Isa 30:29 : 29 Ye shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come unto the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel.
  • Zech 3:8 : 8 Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou and thy fellows that sit before thee; for they are men that are a sign: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the Branch. [
  • Matt 5:10-11 : 10 Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are ye when [men] shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
  • Matt 26:38-39 : 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: abide ye here, and watch with me. 39 And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.
  • Luke 6:22-23 : 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company], and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. 23 Rejoice in that day, and leap [for joy] : for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
  • Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became as it were great drops of blood falling down upon the ground.
  • Acts 5:41 : 41 They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name.
  • Rom 5:3 : 3 And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness;
  • Rom 12:12 : 12 rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;
  • 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 [ we are] pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair; 9 pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;
  • 2 Cor 4:16-17 : 16 Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
  • 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.
  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed [are ye] ; because the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.
  • Jas 5:13 : 13 Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praise.

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