Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.
Parallel translations
- KJV Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
- BSB Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- ESV Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
- NKJV Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
- NASB Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
- NLT Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep.
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Cross-references · 18
- 1 Cor 12:26When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
- Heb 13:3Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.
- Ps 35:13–14But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.
- John 11:33–36When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
- Job 30:25Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?
- Luke 1:58Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.
- Phil 2:17–18Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
- Jer 9:1Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
- Acts 11:23who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.
- Luke 15:5–10When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
- Isa 66:10–14“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;
- 2 Cor 2:3And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.
- John 11:19Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.
- Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
- Neh 1:4When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
- Phil 2:28I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
- 2 Cor 11:29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?
- Phil 2:26since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.
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