Isaiah 61:3

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to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the LORD to reveal his splendor.

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  • Jer 17:7-8 : 7 My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me. 8 They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.
  • Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry.
  • Ps 45:7 : 7 You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions.
  • John 16:20 : 20 I tell you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into joy.
  • Ps 30:11 : 11 Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
  • Ps 23:5 : 5 You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full.
  • Ps 104:15 : 15 as well as wine that makes people feel so good, and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, as well as food that sustains people’s lives.
  • Eccl 9:8 : 8 Let your clothes always be white, and do not spare precious ointment on your head.
  • 1 Cor 6:20 : 20 For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
  • Zech 3:5 : 5 Then I spoke up,“Let a clean turban be put on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the LORD stood nearby.
  • Matt 5:16 : 16 In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.
  • Matt 7:17-19 : 17 In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
  • Luke 15:22 : 22 But the father said to his slaves,‘Hurry! Bring the best robe, and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet!
  • John 15:8 : 8 My Father is honored by this, that you bear much fruit and show that you are my disciples.
  • Phil 1:11 : 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
  • 2 Thess 1:10 : 10 when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired on that day among all who have believed– and you did in fact believe our testimony.
  • Isa 12:1 : 1 At that time you will say:“I praise you, O LORD, for even though you were angry with me, your anger subsided, and you consoled me.
  • Isa 60:20-21 : 20 Your sun will no longer set; your moon will not disappear; the LORD will be your permanent source of light; your time of sorrow will be over. 21 All of your people will be godly; they will possess the land permanently. I will plant them like a shoot; they will be the product of my labor, through whom I reveal my splendor.
  • Esth 4:1-3 : 1 Esther Decides to Risk Everything in order to Help Her People Now when Mordecai became aware of all that had been done, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth and ashes. He went out into the city, crying out in a loud and bitter voice. 2 But he went no further than the king’s gate, for no one was permitted to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth. 3 Throughout each and every province where the king’s edict and law were announced there was considerable mourning among the Jews, along with fasting, weeping, and sorrow. Sackcloth and ashes were characteristic of many.
  • Esth 8:15 : 15 Now Mordecai went out from the king’s presence in blue and white royal attire, with a large golden crown and a purple linen mantle. The city of Susa shouted with joy.
  • Esth 9:22 : 22 as the time when the Jews gave themselves rest from their enemies– the month when their trouble was turned to happiness and their mourning to a holiday. These were to be days of banqueting, happiness, sending gifts to one another, and providing for the poor.
  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, who is the Spirit of God, rests on you.
  • Rev 7:9-9 : 9 After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands. 10 They were shouting out in a loud voice,“Salvation belongs to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying,“Amen! Praise and glory, and wisdom and thanksgiving, and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!” 13 Then one of the elders asked me,“These dressed in long white robes– who are they and where have they come from?” 14 So I said to him,“My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me,“These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!
  • Ps 92:12-15 : 12 The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Planted in the LORD’s house, they grow in the courts of our God. 14 They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves. 15 So they proclaim that the LORD, my protector, is just and never unfair.

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