Acts 16:25

At midnight, beaten and chained, Paul and Silas prayed and sang hymns as the prisoners listened.

Cross-references · 35

• 1 Th 5:16–18Rejoice at all times.
• Ps 119:62At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
• Jas 1:2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
• 1 Pet 1:6–8In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
• Rom 5:3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
• Phil 4:4–7Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
• Ps 77:6At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
• Heb 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
• Col 3:15–17Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, for to this you were called as members of one body. And be thankful.
• Matt 5:10–11Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Ps 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
• 2 Cor 4:8–9We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
• Eph 5:19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
• Rom 12:12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
• Job 35:10But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
• Col 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
• Isa 30:29You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
• Ps 34:1Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.
• Ps 71:7I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.
• Luke 6:22–23Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
• Ps 42:8The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
• Matt 26:38–39Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”
• Ps 119:55In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
• Ps 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
• 1 Pet 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
• 2 Cor 4:16–17Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
• Phil 2:17But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
• Ezra 3:12–13But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.
• Acts 5:41The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
• 2 Cor 6:10sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
• Zech 3:8Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.
• Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
• Jas 5:13Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
• Ps 77:2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
• Ps 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

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