Acts 16:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.”
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“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns unto God, and the prisoners were listening to them;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And at midnight Paul and Silas praying, were singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were hearing them,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Acts 16:25 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezra 3:12But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.
- Job 35:10But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
- Psalms 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
- Psalms 34:1I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.
- Psalms 42:8The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- Psalms 71:7I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.
- Psalms 77:2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
- Psalms 77:6At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
- Psalms 91:15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him.
- Psalms 119:55In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
- Psalms 119:62At midnight I rise to give You thanks for Your righteous judgments.
- Isaiah 30:29You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
- Zechariah 3:8Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.
- Matthew 5:10Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 26:38Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”
- Luke 6:22Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
- Luke 22:44And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
- Acts 5:41The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
- Romans 5:3Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
- Romans 12:12Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
- 2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- 2 Corinthians 6:10sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
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