Joe 2:23, 2Cor 8:2, 12:8-9, Phili 3:4 | ESV | STEP | Be glad , O children of Zion , and rejoice in the Lord your God , for he has given the early rain for your vindication ; he has poured down for you abundant rain , the early and the latter rain, as before .

Joel 2:23

23 ^a“Be glad, O children of Zion,
and ^brejoice in the Lord your God,
for he has given ^cthe early rain for your vindication;
he has poured down for you abundant rain,
^dthe early and ^ethe latter rain, as before.

2 Corinthians 8:2

2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and ^ftheir extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.

2 Corinthians 12:8-9

8 ^gThree times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to me, ^h“My grace is sufficient for you, for ⁱmy power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that ^jthe power of Christ may rest upon me.

Philippians 3:4

4 ^kthough I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: