James 4:9

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Cross References

Matthew 5:4

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

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of that mirth is heaviness.

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.

Psalm 119:67

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

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.

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.

Job 30:31

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

Luke 6:21

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

Lamentations 5:15

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

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.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?

Psalm 119:71

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

Psalm 119:136

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, Because they keep not thy law.

Nehemiah 8:9

And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, 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.

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.