Ecclesiastes 7:14
In the day of good enjoy that which is good, but in the day of adversity open your eyes and learn: God also has made the one (the day of adversity) before the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Deuteronomy 28:47
Because thou didst not serve the LORD thy God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
Ecclesiastes 3:4
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Deuteronomy 8:3
And he afflicted thee and caused thee to hunger and sustained thee with manna, food of which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know, that he might make thee know that man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD shall man live.
1 Kings 8:47
and they return unto their heart in the land where they were carried captives and return and make supplication unto thee in the land of those that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned and have done iniquity, we have committed wickedness;
1 Kings 17:17-18
And it came to pass after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
Job 10:1-2
My soul is cut off in my life; therefore, I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Psalm 30:11-12
Thou hast turned my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness;
Psalm 40:3
And he has put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God; many shall see it and fear and shall wait on the LORD.
Psalm 94:12-13
Blessed is the man whom thou dost chasten, O JAH, and teach him out of thy law,
Psalm 119:71
It was good for me that I have been humbled, that I might learn thy statutes.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
The conclusion of the entire sermon is heard: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole happiness of man.
Isaiah 22:12-14
Therefore the Lord GOD of the hosts did call in this day unto weeping and to mourning and to baldness and to girding with sackcloth:
Isaiah 26:11
LORD, when thy hand is withdrawn, they will not see: but they shall see in the end and be ashamed with the zeal of the people. And fire shall consume thine enemies.
Isaiah 42:25
Therefore he has poured upon him the fury of his anger and the strength of battle; he put fire round about him, yet he was careless; and it set him on fire, yet he did not lay it to heart.
Jeremiah 23:20
The anger of the LORD shall not return until he has executed and until he has performed the thoughts of his heart: in the last of the days ye shall understand it with understanding.
Hosea 2:6-7
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns and make a wall that she shall not find her paths.
Micah 6:9
The LORD's voice cries out unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and he who has established it.
Haggai 1:5-7
Now therefore thus hath the LORD of the hosts said; Consider your ways.
Matthew 9:13
Therefore go ye and learn what this is, I will have mercy and not sacrifice, for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
Luke 15:17-18
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and I perish here with hunger!
John 16:22-23
And ye now therefore have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and no one shall take your joy from you.
Acts 14:22
confirming the souls of the disciples and exhorting them to remain in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
James 5:13
Is anyone among you afflicted? let them pray. Is anyone happy? let them sing.