James 4:9

A Conservative Version

Be ye sorrowful, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into a downcast look.

Cross References

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn, because they will be comforted.

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is heaviness.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you who are filled now, because ye will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, because ye will mourn and weep.

Psalm 119:67

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I observe thy word.

Ezekiel 16:63

that thou may remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou have done, says lord LORD.

Ezekiel 7:16

But those of them who escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys. All of them moaning, each one in his iniquity.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou in thy lifetime received thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now here he is comforted and thou are in agony.

Job 30:31

Therefore my harp has [turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.

Luke 6:21

Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh.

Lamentations 5:15

The joy of our heart is ceased, our dance is turned into mourning.

Jeremiah 31:13

Then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together, for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:9

They shall come with weeping. And I will lead them with supplications. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble. For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I said of laughter, It is mad, and of mirth, What does it do?

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn thy statutes.

Psalm 119:136

Streams of water run down my eyes, because they do not observe thy law.

Nehemiah 8:9

And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to LORD your God; do not mourn nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard th

Matthew 21:41

They say to him, Evil men, he will miserably destroy them, and will lease out the vineyard to other farmers, who will render him the fruits in their seasons.