Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Treasury of Scripture afflicted. James 5:1,2 Go to now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come on you... Psalm 119:67,71,136 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept your word... Psalm 126:5,6 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy... Ecclesiastes 7:2-5 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men... Isaiah 22:12,13 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth... Jeremiah 31:9,13,18-20 They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them... Ezekiel 7:16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning... Ezekiel 16:63 That you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more because of your shame... Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications... *etc: Matthew 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Luke 6:21 Blessed are you that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now: for you shall laugh. 2 Corinthians 7:10,11 For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world works death... let. Job 30:31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. Proverbs 14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. Ecclesiastes 2:2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What does it? Ecclesiastes 7:6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. Lamentations 5:15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. Luke 6:25 Woe to you that are full! for you shall hunger. Woe to you that laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep. Luke 16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things... Revelation 18:7,8 How much she has glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she said in her heart...
Context Drawing Near to God
7Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double minded. 9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. 11Speak not evil one of another, brothers. He that speaks evil of his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law, and judges the law: but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. 12There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who are you that judge another? Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into sorrow.
Darby Bible Translation
Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
King James Bible
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Young's Literal Translation
be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;
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