James 4:9

New International Version

Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.

Cross References

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and rejoicing may end in grief.

Luke 6:25

Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Psalm 119:67

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I obey your word.

Ezekiel 16:63

Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your humiliation, declares the Sovereign Lord.’ ”

Ezekiel 7:16

The fugitives who escape will flee to the mountains. Like doves of the valleys, they will all moan, each for their own sins.

Luke 16:25

“But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.

Job 30:31

My lyre is tuned to mourning, and my pipe to the sound of wailing.

Luke 6:21

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

Lamentations 5:15

Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

Jeremiah 31:13

Then young women will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:9

They will come with weeping; they will pray as I bring them back. I will lead them beside streams of water on a level path where they will not stumble, because I am Israel’s father, and Ephraim is my firstborn son.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

“Laughter,” I said, “is madness. And what does pleasure accomplish?”

Psalm 119:71

It was good for me to be afflicted so that I might learn your decrees.

Psalm 119:136

Streams of tears flow from my eyes, for your law is not obeyed.

Nehemiah 8:9

Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priest and teacher of the Law, and the Levites who were instructing the people said to them all, “This day is holy to the Lord your God. Do not mourn or weep.” For all the people had been weeping as they listened to the words of the Law.

Matthew 21:41

“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time.”