Luke 6:25

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How sad are you who are full now, for you will become hungry. How sad are you who laugh now, for you will mourn and cry.

Cross References

Psalm 49:19

but their destiny is the same as their forefathers: they will never again see the light of day.

Proverbs 14:13

Even when you're laughing you can be feeling sad—joy can end in grief.

Proverbs 30:9

Otherwise if I have plenty of money, I may give up on you, saying, “Who is the Lord?” while if I'm poor I may steal and bring the name of my God into disrepute.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I conclude that laughing your way through life is stupid, and pleasure—what use is that?

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter, for tragedy helps us by making us think.

Ecclesiastes 7:6

The laughter of fools is like the crackling of thorn twigs burning under a pot—without sense and quickly over.

Isaiah 28:7

But these people also drink so much wine and beer that they sway from side to side and stumble over. Even priests and prophets stagger along, their minds muddled by beer and wine. Because of the drink they are confused about visions and make mistakes when they give decisions.

Isaiah 65:13

So this is what the Lord says, My servants will eat, but you will go hungry. My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty. My servants will celebrate, but you will feel ashamed.

Isaiah 8:21

They will wander around the country, depressed and hungry. When they are starving they will become furious, and looking up they will curse their king and their God.

Isaiah 9:20

People destroy others on the right, yet they're still hungry for more; people destroy others on the left, but they're still not satisfied. In the end they even destroy themselves!

Amos 8:10

I will turn your festivals into times of mourning, your happy songs into laments. I will make you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make your mourning like that for an only son. At the end of it all it will be a bitter day.

Nahum 1:10

They entangle themselves like people caught in thorn bushes; they are like drunks full of drink. They will be completely burned up like dry straw.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You foolish man! Your life will be demanded back this very night, and then who will get everything you've stored up?’

Luke 13:28

There will be crying and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you are thrown out.

Luke 6:24

But how sad are you who are rich, for you have already received your reward.

Luke 6:26

How sad are you when everyone praises you. Don't forget that their forefathers praised false prophets just like this.

Luke 8:53

They laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead.

Ephesians 5:4

Obscene talk, stupid chatter, and coarse jokes are totally inappropriate—instead you should be thanking God.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people talk about peace and security suddenly they will be completely ruined. It will be just like the sudden onset of childbirth, and they certainly won't escape.

James 4:9

Show some remorse, cry and weep! Turn your laughter into mourning, and your joy to sadness.

Revelation 3:17

You say to yourselves, ‘I'm rich, I have wealth, and don't need anything.’ But you don't know that you are miserable and pitiful and poor and blind and naked.

1 Samuel 2:5

Those who used to have plenty of food now have to work to earn a crust, while those who used to be hungry now have become fat. The woman who was childless now has seven children, while the woman with many children fades away.