they.

Acts 20:10
But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, and embraced him. "Do not be alarmed!" he said. "He is still alive!"

were.

Isaiah 40:1
"Comfort, comfort My people, " says your God.

2 Corinthians 1:4
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

Ephesians 6:22
I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may encourage your hearts.

1 Thessalonians 3:2
We sent Timothy, our brother and God's fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,

1 Thessalonians 4:18
Therefore encourage one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 5:11, 14
Therefore encourage and build one another up, just as you are already doing. . . .

2 Thessalonians 2:16
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,