Luke 6:25

New English Translation

“Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry. “Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Cross References

Psalm 49:19

But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day.

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

Proverbs 30:9

lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say, “Who is the Lord?” Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I said of partying, “It is folly,” and of self-indulgent pleasure, “It accomplishes nothing!”

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:6

For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.

Isaiah 28:7

Even these men stagger because of wine, they stumble around because of beer – priests and prophets stagger because of beer, they are confused because of wine, they stumble around because of beer; they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, they totter while making legal decisions.

Isaiah 65:13

So this is what the sovereign Lord says: “Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated!

Isaiah 8:21

They will pass through the land destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, and they will curse their king and their God as they look upward.

Isaiah 9:20

They devoured on the right, but were still hungry, they ate on the left, but were not satisfied. People even ate the flesh of their own arm!

Amos 8:10

I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day.

Nahum 1:10

Surely they will be totally consumed like entangled thorn bushes, like the drink of drunkards, like very dry stubble.

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’

Luke 13:28

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves thrown out.

Luke 6:24

“But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already.

Luke 6:26

“Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets.

Luke 8:53

And they began making fun of him, because they knew that she was dead.

Ephesians 5:4

Neither should there be vulgar speech, foolish talk, or coarse jesting – all of which are out of character – but rather thanksgiving.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

Now when they are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.

James 4:9

Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.

Revelation 3:17

Because you say, “I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing,” but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked,

1 Samuel 2:5

Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman gives birth to seven, but the one with many children withers away.