Luke 6:25

New Living Translation

What sorrow awaits you who are fat and prosperous now, for a time of awful hunger awaits you. What sorrow awaits you who laugh now, for your laughing will turn to mourning and sorrow.

Cross References

Psalm 49:19

But they will die like all before them and never again see the light of day.

Proverbs 14:13

Laughter can conceal a heavy heart, but when the laughter ends, the grief remains.

Proverbs 30:9

For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, “Who is the Lord?” And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God’s holy name.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

So I said, “Laughter is silly. What good does it do to seek pleasure?”

Ecclesiastes 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter, for sadness has a refining influence on us.

Ecclesiastes 7:6

A fool’s laughter is quickly gone, like thorns crackling in a fire. This also is meaningless.

Isaiah 28:7

Now, however, Israel is led by drunks who reel with wine and stagger with alcohol. The priests and prophets stagger with alcohol and lose themselves in wine. They reel when they see visions and stagger as they render decisions.

Isaiah 65:13

Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: “My servants will eat, but you will starve. My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. My servants will rejoice, but you will be sad and ashamed.

Isaiah 8:21

They will go from one place to another, weary and hungry. And because they are hungry, they will rage and curse their king and their God. They will look up to heaven

Isaiah 9:20

They will attack their neighbor on the right but will still be hungry. They will devour their neighbor on the left but will not be satisfied. In the end they will even eat their own children.

Amos 8:10

I will turn your celebrations into times of mourning and your singing into weeping. You will wear funeral clothes and shave your heads to show your sorrow— as if your only son had died. How very bitter that day will be!

Nahum 1:10

His enemies, tangled like thornbushes and staggering like drunks, will be burned up like dry stubble in a field.

Luke 12:20

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’

Luke 13:28

“There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, for you will see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of God, but you will be thrown out.

Luke 6:24

“What sorrow awaits you who are rich, for you have your only happiness now.

Luke 6:26

What sorrow awaits you who are praised by the crowds, for their ancestors also praised false prophets.

Luke 8:53

But the crowd laughed at him because they all knew she had died.

Ephesians 5:4

Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes—these are not for you. Instead, let there be thankfulness to God.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people are saying, “Everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall on them as suddenly as a pregnant woman’s labor pains begin. And there will be no escape.

James 4:9

Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy.

Revelation 3:17

You say, ‘I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.

1 Samuel 2:5

Those who were well fed are now starving, and those who were starving are now full. The childless woman now has seven children, and the woman with many children wastes away.