‘The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.
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‘Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God?’
—Joel 1:12 & 16

‘While I live will I praise the Lᴏʀᴅ: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.’
—Psalm 146:2

‘They all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.’
—Mark 6:50

‘God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.’
—Psalm 46:1

‘Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.’
—John 14:17

‘It came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.’
—Mark 1:9

‘…Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.’
—Mark 1:45

‘Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.’
—John 11:1

‘For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.’
—Philippians 2:27

‘He himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O Lᴏʀᴅ, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.’
—1 Kings 19:4

‘And [all the elders of Israel] said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
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‘And the Lᴏʀᴅ said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.’
—1 Samuel 8:5 & 7