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 always.
• Ps 119:62At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, because of your righteous ordinances.
• Jas 1:2Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
• 1 Pet 1:6–8Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,
• Rom 5:3Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;
• Phil 4:4–7Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”
• Ps 77:6I remember my song in the night. I consider in my own heart; my spirit diligently inquires:
• Heb 5:7He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
• Col 3:15–17And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.
• Matt 5:10–11Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
• Ps 50:15Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
• 2 Cor 4:8–9We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
• Eph 5:19speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
• Rom 12:12rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;
• Job 35:10But no one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night,
• Col 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly;
• Isa 30:29You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come to Yahweh’s mountain, to Israel’s Rock.
• Ps 34:1By David; when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.
• Ps 71:7I am a marvel to many, but you are my strong refuge.
• Luke 6:22–23Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.
• Ps 42:8Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.
• Matt 26:38–39Then he said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me.”
• Ps 119:55I have remembered your name, Yahweh, in the night, and I obey your law.
• Ps 91:15He will call on me, and 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. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
• 2 Cor 4:16–17Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
• Phil 2:17Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
• Ezra 3:12–13But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers’ households, the old men who had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice. Many also shouted aloud for joy,
• Acts 5:41They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.
• 2 Cor 6:10as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
• Zech 3:8Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring out my servant, the Branch.
• Luke 22:44Being in agony he prayed more earnestly. His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground.
• Jas 5:13Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
• Ps 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn’t get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
• Ps 22:2My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don’t answer; in the night season, and am not silent.

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