Luke 6:25

New American Bible - revised edition

But woe to you who are filled now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will grieve and weep.

Cross References

Psalm 49:19

During his life his soul uttered blessings; “They will praise you, for you do well for yourself.”

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart may be sad, and the end of joy may be sorrow.

Proverbs 30:9

Lest, being full, I deny you, saying, “Who is the Lord?” Or, being in want, I steal, and profane the name of my God.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

Of laughter I said: “Mad!” and of mirth: “What good does this do?”

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter; when the face is sad, the heart grows wise.

Ecclesiastes 7:6

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the fool’s laughter. This also is vanity.

Isaiah 28:7

But these also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priest and prophet stagger from strong drink, overpowered by wine; They are confused by strong drink, they stagger in their visions, they totter when giving judgment.

Isaiah 65:13

therefore thus says the Lord God: My servants shall eat, but you shall go hungry; My servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; My servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame;

Isaiah 8:21

He will pass through it hard-pressed and hungry, and when hungry, shall become enraged, and curse king and gods. He will look upward,

Isaiah 9:20

Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh, together they turn on Judah. For all this, his wrath is not turned back, his hand is still outstretched!

Amos 8:10

I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into dirges. I will cover the loins of all with sackcloth and make every head bald. I will make it like the time of mourning for an only child, and its outcome like a day of bitter weeping.

Nahum 1:10

Like a thorny thicket, they are tangled, and like drunkards, they are drunk; like dry stubble, they are utterly consumed.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?’

Luke 13:28

And there will be wailing and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you yourselves cast out.

Luke 6:24

But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation.

Luke 6:26

Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their ancestors treated the false prophets in this way. Love of Enemies.

Luke 8:53

And they ridiculed him, because they knew that she was dead.

Ephesians 5:4

no obscenity or silly or suggestive talk, which is out of place, but instead, thanksgiving.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people are saying, “Peace and security,” then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

James 4:9

Begin to lament, to mourn, to weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection.

Revelation 3:17

For you say, ‘I am rich and affluent and have no need of anything,’ and yet do not realize that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.

1 Samuel 2:5

The well-fed hire themselves out for bread, while the hungry no longer have to toil. The barren wife bears seven sons, while the mother of many languishes.