James 5:13

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Is anyone among you suffering hardship? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praises.

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  • Ps 50:15 : 15 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me.
  • Acts 16:24-25 : 24 Upon receiving this order, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. 25 Around midnight, Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.
  • Eph 5:19 : 19 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,
  • 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.
  • Rev 5:9-9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were slain, and with your blood, you purchased for God people from every tribe, language, people, and nation." 10 You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth. 11 Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. Their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands. 12 In a loud voice they said: "Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power, and wealth, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing!" 13 Then I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, under the earth, and on the sea, and everything in them, saying, "To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing, honor, glory, and power forever and ever!" 14 The four living creatures said, "Amen," and the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped the one who lives forever and ever.
  • Rev 7:10 : 10 And they cried out in a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
  • Rev 14:3 : 3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
  • Rev 19:1-6 : 1 After these things, I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, 'Hallelujah! Salvation, glory, honor, and power belong to our Lord God.' 2 For His judgments are true and just; He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality, and He has avenged the blood of His servants on her. 3 And again they said, 'Hallelujah! The smoke from her rises forever and ever.' 4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, 'Amen. Hallelujah!' 5 Then a voice came from the throne, saying, 'Praise our God, all His servants and those who fear Him, both the small and the great.' 6 Then I heard what sounded like the voice of a great multitude, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty thunder, saying, 'Hallelujah! For the Lord God Almighty reigns.'
  • Col 3:16-17 : 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 Cor 14:26 : 26 What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up.
  • 2 Cor 12:7-9 : 7 And because of the extraordinary revelations, so that I might not become conceited, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me, so that I would not become conceited. 8 Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.' Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
  • Judg 16:23-25 : 23 The rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate, saying, 'Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.' 24 When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, 'Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy, the one who ruined our land and killed so many of us.' 25 While they were in high spirits, they shouted, 'Bring out Samson to entertain us!' So they brought Samson from the prison, and he performed for them. They made him stand between the pillars.
  • 1 Chr 16:9 : 9 Sing to him, sing praises to him; meditate on all his wonderful works.
  • 2 Chr 33:12-13 : 12 When he was in distress, he sought the favor of the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors. 13 He prayed to Him, and the LORD was moved by his entreaty and heard his plea. He brought Manasseh back to Jerusalem and to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD is God.
  • Job 33:26 : 26 They pray to God, and He accepts them; they see His face with joy, and He restores His righteousness to them.
  • Ps 18:6 : 6 The ropes of Sheol entangled me; the traps of death confronted me.
  • 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 95:2 : 2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
  • Ps 105:2 : 2 Sing to Him, make music for Him, tell of all His wonderful works.
  • Ps 116:3-5 : 3 The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of Sheol came over me; I was overcome by distress and sorrow. 4 Then I called on the name of the Lord: 'O Lord, please save my life!' 5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; our God is full of compassion.
  • Ps 118:5 : 5 Out of my distress, I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me in a spacious place.
  • Ps 142:1-3 : 1 A contemplative poem of David, when he was in the cave, a prayer. 2 I cry out to the LORD with my voice; with my voice I plead for mercy to the LORD. 3 I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my troubles to Him.
  • Lam 3:55-56 : 55 I called on Your name, O LORD, from the depths of the pit. 56 You heard my plea: 'Do not close Your ear to my cry for relief.'
  • Dan 5:4 : 4 They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.
  • Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has struck us down, but He will bind us up.
  • Jonah 2:2 : 2 Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish.
  • Jonah 2:7 : 7 To the roots of the mountains, I descended. The earth beneath barred me in forever, but You brought my life up from the pit, LORD my God.
  • Mic 4:5 : 5 Though all the nations walk in the name of their gods, we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
  • Matt 26:30 : 30 When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
  • Luke 22:44 : 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.
  • Luke 23:42 : 42 Then he said, 'Jesus, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.'

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