James 4:9

Modern King James Version

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

Cross References

Nehemiah 8:9

And Nehemiah, the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God. Do not mourn or weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the Law.

Job 30:31

And my lyre has turned to mourning, and my flute to the sound of weeping.

Psalm 119:136

Rivers of water run down my eyes, because they do not keep Your Law.

Psalm 119:67

Before I was afflicted I went astray; but now I have kept Your Word.

Psalm 119:71

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, so that I might learn Your Precepts.

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of that joy is heaviness.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I said of laughter, It is madness; and of mirth, What does it do?

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 affliction.

Jeremiah 31:9

They shall come with weeping, and with prayers I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way; they shall not stumble in it, for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is My firstborn.

Lamentations 5:15

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

Ezekiel 16:63

so that you may remember and be ashamed; and it will not be possible to open your mouth any more because of your shame; in that I am propitiated for all that you have done, says the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 7:16

But if their fugitives shall escape, then they shall be like doves of the valleys on the mountains, all of them mourning, each one for his iniquity.

Matthew 21:41

They said to Him, Bad men! He will miserably destroy them and will rent out his vineyard to other vinedressers who will give 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 you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is comforted and you are tormented.

Luke 6:21

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you who are full! For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! For you shall mourn and weep.