Matthew 5:4
"Blessed are the mourners, for they will be comforted.
Luke 11:41
But dedicate once for all your inner self, and at once you will have everything clean.
John 16:20-22
I most solemnly say to you, you will weep and wail, but the world will be glad; you will grieve but your grief will be turned into gladness.
Acts 2:44-46
And all the believers lived together and held all they had as common goods to be shared by one another.
Galatians 2:10
Only they wanted us to remember the poor; the very thing that I was 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 the mourners, for they will be comforted.
John 16:20
I most solemnly say to you, you will weep and wail, but the world will be glad; you will grieve but your grief will be turned into gladness.
Sending portions
Luke 11:41
But dedicate once for all your inner self, and at once you will have everything clean.
Acts 2:44
And all the believers lived together and held all they had as common goods to be shared by one another.
Galatians 2:10
Only they wanted us to remember the poor; the very thing that I was eager to do.