James 4:9

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Be sad, be sorry, and cry! Change your laughter into crying. Change your joy into sadness.

Cross References

Matthew 5:4

Great blessings belong to those who are sad now. God will comfort them.

Proverbs 14:13

Laughter might hide your sadness. But when the laughter is gone, the sadness remains.

Luke 6:25

How bad it will be for you people who are full now, because you will be hungry. How bad it will be for you people who are laughing now, because you will be sad and cry.

Psalm 119:67

Before I suffered, I did many wrong things. But now I carefully obey everything you say.

Ezekiel 16:63

You will remember me, and you will be so ashamed of the evil things you did that you will not be able to say anything. But I will make you pure, and you will never be ashamed again!” This is what the Lord GOD said.

Ezekiel 7:16

“But some people will escape. The survivors will run to the mountains, but they will not be happy. They will be sad for all their sins. They will cry and make sad noises like doves.

Luke 16:25

“But Abraham said, ‘My child, remember when you lived? You had all the good things in life. But Lazarus had nothing but problems. Now he is comforted here, and you are suffering.

Job 30:31

My harp is tuned to play songs of sorrow. My flute makes sad sounds like someone crying.

Luke 6:21

Great blessings belong to you who are hungry now. You will be filled. Great blessings belong to you who are crying now. You will be happy and laughing.

Lamentations 5:15

We have no more joy in our hearts. Our dancing has changed to crying for the dead.

Jeremiah 31:13

Then the young women of Israel will be happy and dance. And the men, young and old, will join in the dancing. I will change their sadness into happiness. I will comfort my people, making them happy instead of sad.

Jeremiah 31:9

They will come back crying, but I will lead them and comfort them. I will lead them by streams of water. I will lead them on an easy road, where they will not stumble. I will lead them in that way because I am Israel’s father. And Ephraim is my firstborn son.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

It is foolish to laugh all the time. Having fun does not do any good.

Psalm 119:71

Suffering was good for me; I learned your laws.

Psalm 119:136

I have cried a river of tears because people don’t obey your teachings.

Nehemiah 8:9

Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher, and the Levites who were teaching the people spoke. They said, “Today is a special day to the Lord your God. Don’t be sad and cry.” They said that because all the people had begun to cry as they were listening to the messages of God in the law.

Matthew 21:41

The Jewish priests and leaders said, “He will surely kill those evil men. Then he will lease the land to other farmers, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.”