James 4:9

King James Version - American Edition

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

Cross References

Nehemiah 8:9

And Nehemi´ah, which is the Tirsha´tha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto 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 mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

Psalm 119:67

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

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy 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 doeth 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 E´phra-im is my firstborn.

Lamentations 5:15

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

Ezekiel 16:63

that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith 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 unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, 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 thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

Luke 6:21

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

Luke 6:25

Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.