Luke 1:58

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her.

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  • Ps 113:9 : 9 He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the LORD!
  • Luke 1:14 : 14 Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth,
  • Luke 1:25 : 25 “This is what the Lord has done for me at the time when he has been gracious to me, to take away my disgrace among people.”
  • Rom 12:15 : 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
  • 1 Cor 12:26 : 26 If one member suffers, everyone suffers with it. If a member is honored, all rejoice with it.
  • Isa 66:9-9 : 9 “Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?” asks the LORD.“Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?” asks your God. 10 Be happy for Jerusalem and rejoice with her, all you who love her! Share in her great joy, all you who have mourned over her!
  • Gen 19:19 : 19 Your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I am not able to escape to the mountains because this disaster will overtake me and I’ll die.
  • Gen 21:6 : 6 Sarah said,“God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.”
  • Ruth 4:14-17 : 14 The village women said to Naomi,“May the LORD be praised because he has not left you without a guardian today! May he become famous in Israel! 15 He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She is better to you than seven sons!” 16 Naomi took the child and placed him on her lap; she became his caregiver. 17 The neighbor women named him, saying,“A son has been born to Naomi.” They named him Obed. Now he became the father of Jesse– David’s father!

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