Ecclesiastes 7:14
In the day of prosperity enjoy good, and in the day of adversity consider: God hath also set the one beside the other, to the end that man should find out nothing of what shall be after him.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
And I have seen that there is nothing better than that 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 servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything,
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 humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with the manna, which thou hadst not known, and which thy fathers knew not; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread alone, but by everything that goeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
1 Kings 8:47
and if they shall take it to heart in the land whither they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done iniquity, we have dealt perversely;
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 Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
Job 10:1-2
My soul is weary of my life: I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Psalm 30:11-12
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Psalm 40:3
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, praise unto our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall confide in Jehovah.
Psalm 94:12-13
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Jah, and whom thou teachest out of thy law;
Psalm 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn thy statutes.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher: all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us hear the end of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man.
Isaiah 22:12-14
And in that day did the Lord Jehovah of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;
Isaiah 26:11
Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, but they do not see: yet they shall see thy jealousy for the people, and be ashamed; yea, the fire which is for thine adversaries shall devour them.
Isaiah 42:25
And he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he took it not to heart.
Jeremiah 23:20
The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and until he have performed the purposes of his heart: at the end of the days ye shall understand it clearly.
Hosea 2:6-7
Therefore behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns; and I will fence her in with a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
Micah 6:9
Jehovah's voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom looketh on thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
Haggai 1:5-7
And now thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider your ways.
Matthew 9:13
But go and learn what that is I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous men but sinners.
Luke 15:17-18
And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and I perish here by famine.
John 16:22-23
And ye now therefore have grief; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.
Acts 14:22
establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.
James 5:13
Does any one among you suffer evil? let him pray. Is any happy? let him sing psalms.