Ecclesiastes 7:14
Use well the time of prosperity and remember the time of misfortune: For God maketh one by the other, so that a man can find nothing else.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Wherefore I perceive, that there is nothing better for a man, than to be joyful in his labour, for that is his portion. But who will bring him to see the thing that shall come after him?
Deuteronomy 28:47
And because thou servedest not the LORD thy God with joyfulness and with a good 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
He humbled thee and made thee hunger and fed thee with Manna, which neither thou nor thy father knew of, to make thee know that a man must not live by bread only: but by all that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD must a man live.
1 Kings 8:47
yet if they turn again unto their hearts in the land where they be in captivity, and return and pray unto thee in the land of them that hold them captive, saying, 'We have sinned and have done wickedly and have trespassed,'
1 Kings 17:17-18
And after these things, it happened that the son of the wife of the house fell sick. And his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him.
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
And when he was in tribulation he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself exceedingly before the God of his fathers,
Job 10:1-2
It grieveth my soul to live. Nevertheless, now will I put forth my words: I will speak out of the very heaviness of my soul,
Psalm 30:11-12
Thou hast turned my heaviness into joy; thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness.
Psalm 40:3
He hath put a new song in my mouth, even a thanksgiving unto our God. Many men seeing this, shall fear the LORD, and put their trust in him.
Psalm 94:12-13
Blessed is the man, whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him in thy law,
Psalm 119:71
It is good for me that I have been in trouble, that I may learn thy statutes.
Ecclesiastes 12:8
All is but vanity - sayeth the preacher - all is but plain vanity.
Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of all things: Fear God, and keep his commandments, for that toucheth all men;
Isaiah 22:12-14
And at the same time shall the LORD of Hosts call men to weeping, mourning, to baldness and a putting on of sackcloth.
Isaiah 26:11
LORD, when thine hand is lift up to strike, they see it not: but they shall see it, and be confounded, when thou shalt devour them with the wrath of the people, and with the fire of thine enemies.
Isaiah 42:25
Therefore hath he poured upon us his wrathful displeasure, and strong battle, which maketh us have to do on every side, yet will we not understand. He burneth us up, yet sinketh it not into our hearts.
Jeremiah 23:20
And the wrath of the LORD shall not turn away again, until he perform and fulfils the thought of his heart. And in the latter days ye shall know his meaning."
Hosea 2:6-7
"But I will hedge her way with thorns, and stop it, that she shall not find her footsteps:
Micah 6:9
The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man that shall be saved considereth thy name, O LORD. Hear and that thy name may be righteousness. Hear, O ye tribes: who would else give you such warning?
Haggai 1:5-7
Consider now your own ways in your hearts, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.
Matthew 9:13
Go and learn, what that meaneth: 'I have pleasure in mercy, and not in offering.' For I am not come to call the righteous, but the sinners to repentance."
Luke 15:17-18
Then he came to himself and said, 'How many hired servants at my father's have bread enough, and I die for hunger.
John 16:22-23
And ye now are in sorrow: but I will see you again, and your hearts shall rejoice, and your joy shall no man take from you.
Acts 14:22
and strengthened the disciples souls: exhorting them to continue in the faith, affirming that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
James 5:13
If any of you be evil vexed, let him pray. If any of you be merry, let him sing Psalms.