Habakkuk 3:18

Despite every loss, Habakkuk declares he will rejoice in the Lord and be joyful in the God of his salvation. It is a triumphant confession of faith that finds its joy in God alone.

Cross-references · 26

• Job 13:15Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
• Mic 7:7Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
• Phil 4:4Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
• Isa 61:10I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
• Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
• Rom 5:2–3By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
• Ps 25:5Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.
• Ps 46:1–5God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
• Luke 1:46–47And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
• 1 Pet 1:8Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
• Ps 118:14–15The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation.
• Exod 15:2The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
• 1 Sam 2:1And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
• Ps 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
• 1 Pet 4:12–13Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
• Ps 97:12Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
• Luke 2:30For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
• Ps 85:6Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?
• Ps 33:1Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
• Jas 1:2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
• Isa 41:16Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.
• Ps 149:2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
• Jas 1:9–10Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
• Ps 104:34My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
• Zech 10:7And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
• Deut 12:18But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

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