John 16:20

Modern King James Version

Truly, truly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. And you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

Cross References

Job 20:5

that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly is for a moment?

Psalm 30:11

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have torn off my sackcloth, and have clothed me with gladness,

Psalm 30:5

For His anger is only a moment; in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

Psalm 97:11

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Isaiah 12:1

And in that day you shall say, O Jehovah, I will praise You; though You were angry with me, turn away Your anger, and You shall comfort me.

Isaiah 61:3

to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the mantle of praise for the spirit of heaviness; so that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that He might be glorified.

Isaiah 66:5

Hear the Word of Jehovah, you who tremble at His Word; your brothers who hated you, who cast you out for My name's sake, said, Let Jehovah be glorified. But He will appear to your joy, and they will be ashamed.

Jeremiah 31:25

For I satisfy the weary soul, and I fill every sorrowful soul.

Matthew 21:38

But when the vinedressers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and get hold of his inheritance.

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are they that mourn! For they shall be comforted.

Mark 14:72

And the second time a cock crowed. And Peter remembered the word that Jesus said to him, Before a cock crows twice, you will deny Me three times. And thinking on it, he wept.

Mark 16:10

She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept.

Luke 22:45

And when He rose up from prayer and had come to His disciples, He found them sleeping because of sorrow.

Luke 22:62

And Peter went out and wept bitterly.

Luke 23:27

And a great multitude of people were following Him, and of women who also were bewailing and lamenting Him.

Luke 24:17

And He said to them, What words are these that you have with one another as you walk, and are so sad?

Luke 24:21

But we had trusted that He was the One who was about to redeem Israel. And besides all this, today is the third day since these things were done.

Luke 6:21

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

John 16:33

I have spoken these things to you so that you might have peace in Me. In the world you shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world.

John 16:6

But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

John 20:20

And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

Acts 5:41

Then indeed they departed from the presence of the sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be shamed for His name.

Romans 5:11

And not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the reconciliation.

2 Corinthians 6:10

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.

Galatians 5:22

But the fruit of the Spirit is: love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

1 Thessalonians 1:6

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, welcoming the Word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,

James 1:2

My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into different kinds of temptations,

Jude 1:24

Now to Him being able to keep you without stumbling, and to set you before His glory without blemish, with unspeakable joy;

Revelation 11:10

And the ones who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them, and will make merry, and will send one another gifts, because these two prophets tormented those living on the earth.

Revelation 18:7

As much as she has glorified herself and has lived in luxury, so much torment and sorrow give her. For she says in her heart, I sit as a queen, and I am not a widow; and I do not see mourning at all.