Matthew 5:4
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
Luke 11:41
"Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.
John 16:20-22
I tell you solemnly that you will be weeping and wailing while the world is rejoicing; you will be grief-stricken, but your grief shall be turned into gladness.
Acts 2:44-46
And all the believers were together, and had all things in common.
Galatians 2:10
They stipulated only that we should remember the poor, which very thing indeed I was quite eager to do.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
From sorrow
Sending portions
Bible References
From sorrow
Matthew 5:4
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
John 16:20
I tell you solemnly that you will be weeping and wailing while the world is rejoicing; you will be grief-stricken, but your grief shall be turned into gladness.
Sending portions
Luke 11:41
"Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.
Acts 2:44
And all the believers were together, and had all things in common.
Galatians 2:10
They stipulated only that we should remember the poor, which very thing indeed I was quite eager to do.