James 4:9

American King James Version (1999)

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Cross References

Nehemiah 8:9

And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

Job 30:31

My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

Psalm 119:136

Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because they keep not your law.

Psalm 119:67

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept your word.

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes.

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?

Jeremiah 31:13

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and 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 with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Lamentations 5:15

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

Ezekiel 16:63

That you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more because of your shame, when I am pacified toward you for all that you have done, said the Lord GOD.

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, every one for his iniquity.

Matthew 21:41

They say to him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard to other farmers, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.

Luke 6:21

Blessed are you that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now: for you shall laugh.

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.