James 4:9

Legacy Standard Bible

Be miserable and mourn and cry. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.

Cross References

Nehemiah 8:9

Then Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites, who provided the people with understanding, said to all the people, “This day is holy to Yahweh your God; do not mourn or weep.” For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law.

Job 30:31

“Therefore my harp is turned to mourning, And my flute to the sound of those who weep.

Psalm 119:136

My eyes shed streams of water, Because they do not keep Your law.

Psalm 119:67

Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word.

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I was afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes.

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart may be in pain, And the end of joy may be grief.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I said of laughter, “It is madness,” and of gladness, “What does it do?”

Jeremiah 31:13

“Then the virgin will be glad in the dance, And the young men and the old, together, For I will turn their mourning into joy And will comfort them and give them gladness for their sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:9

“With weeping they will come, And by supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk by streams of waters, On a straight path in which they will not stumble; For I am a father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn.”

Lamentations 5:15

The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning.

Ezekiel 16:63

so that you may remember and be ashamed and never open your mouth anymore because of your dishonor, when I have atoned for you for all that you have done,” declares Lord Yahweh.

Ezekiel 7:16

Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, each over his own iniquity.

Matthew 21:41

They *said to Him, “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons.”

Matthew 5:4

¶Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things. But now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.

Luke 6:21

Blessed are those who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are those who cry now, for you shall laugh.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and cry.