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“Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.”
Voice: Reported speaker · Jesus
Full joy is connected with asking and receiving inside a relationship of trust, rather than with passive wishfulness.
Source note: John 16:24 in the King James Version; concluding clause of the verse.
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“Rejoice evermore.”
The brief instruction treats joy as an enduring orientation to be practiced repeatedly rather than a feeling reserved only for easy circumstances.
Source note: 1 Thessalonians 5:16 in the King James Version; a concise instruction within a series of practical exhortations.
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“In thy presence is fulness of joy.”
The verse locates complete joy in divine presence, presenting happiness as a form of relationship rather than possession.
Source note: Psalm 16:11 in the King James Version; this record uses the central joy clause.
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“The joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Joy is described as a source of strength, suggesting that encouragement can sustain people through demanding responsibilities rather than merely entertain them.
Source note: Nehemiah 8:10 in the King James Version; concluding reassurance in the verse.
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“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations.”
Joy here does not mean enjoying difficulty; it means interpreting hardship within a larger process of endurance and growth.
Source note: James 1:2 in the King James Version.
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“What I advise you to do is, not to be unhappy before the crisis comes.”
Anticipatory fear can make a person suffer an event that has not occurred, so Seneca asks the reader not to spend present peace on an uncertain future.
Source note: Moral Letters to Lucilius, Letter 13, section 4, Richard M. Gummere translation.