Ecclesiastes 7:14
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing that will come 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 lot: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?
Deuteronomy 28:47
Because you served not the LORD your 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 humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you knew not, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD does man live.
1 Kings 8:47
Yet if they shall come to themselves in the land where they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto you in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, 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 sought the LORD 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 leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Psalm 30:11-12
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have 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 trust in the LORD.
Psalm 94:12-13
Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;
Psalm 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
Vanity of vanities, says the preacher; all is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Isaiah 22:12-14
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call for weeping, and for mourning, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth:
Isaiah 26:11
LORD, when your hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy of the people; yea, the fire of your enemies shall devour them.
Isaiah 42:25
Therefore he has poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it has set him on fire all around, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
Jeremiah 23:20
The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he has executed, and till he has performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days you shall consider it perfectly.
Hosea 2:6-7
Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and make a wall, so that she shall not find her paths.
Micah 6:9
The LORD'S voice cries unto the city, and wisdom shall see your name: Hear the rod, and who has appointed it.
Haggai 1:5-7
Now therefore thus says the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
Matthew 9:13
But go and learn what that means, 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 bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
John 16:22-23
And you now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man takes from you.
Acts 14:22
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
James 5:13
Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.