Acts 16:25

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Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.

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  • Ps 77:6 : 6 I consider the days of old, the years long past.
  • Jas 1:2 : 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of various kinds,
  • 1 Pet 1:6-8 : 6 In this you rejoice greatly, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more valuable than gold that perishes though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 8 Though you have not seen Him, you love Him. Though not seeing Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
  • Job 35:10 : 10 But no one asks, 'Where is God, my Maker, who gives songs in the night?'
  • Ps 119:62 : 62 At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
  • Eph 5:19 : 19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,
  • Phil 4:4-7 : 4 Rejoice in the Lord always! I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
  • Col 3:15-17 : 15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which you were also called in one body. And be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything 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 Give thanks in everything, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
  • Heb 5:7 : 7 During His earthly life, He offered prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission.
  • Col 1:24 : 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
  • Ezra 3:12-13 : 12 But many of the priests, Levites, and family heads—the elderly who had seen the first temple—were weeping loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy. 13 The people could not distinguish the sound of the joyful shouting from the sound of weeping, because the people were shouting so loudly, and the sound was heard far away.
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
  • Ps 91:15 : 15 He will 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 In the night I remember Your name, LORD, and I will keep Your law.
  • Ps 22:2 : 2 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Far from saving me, from the words of my groaning.
  • Ps 34:1 : 1 By David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech, who drove him out, and he went away.
  • Ps 42:8 : 8 Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.
  • Ps 71:7 : 7 I have become a sign to many, but you are my strong refuge.
  • Ps 77:2 : 2 My voice cries out to God, and I will call aloud; my voice reaches God, and He listens to me.
  • Isa 30:29 : 29 You will sing as on the night of a sacred festival; your hearts will rejoice as when people go up with flutes to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
  • Zech 3:8 : 8 Listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your associates sitting before you, who are symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.
  • Matt 5:10-11 : 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
  • Matt 26:38-39 : 38 Then He said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me." 39 Going a little farther, He fell facedown and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will."
  • Luke 6:22-23 : 22 Blessed are you when people hate you, exclude you, insult you, and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man. 23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For behold, your reward is great in heaven, for that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.
  • Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
  • Acts 5:41 : 41 So they went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy to suffer disgrace for the name.
  • Rom 5:3 : 3 Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance.
  • Rom 12:12 : 12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, and faithful in prayer.
  • 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
  • 2 Cor 4:16-17 : 16 Therefore, we do not lose heart. Even though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. 17 For our momentary and light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
  • 2 Cor 6:10 : 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
  • Jas 5:13 : 13 Is anyone among you suffering hardship? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praises.

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    26 Suddenly, there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken. At once, all the doors flew open, and everyone's chains were loosened.

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