It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. For that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart.

Isaiah 22:12-13

And in that day the Lord, LORD of hosts, called for weeping, and for mourning, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth.

They shall come with weeping. And I will lead them with supplications. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble. For I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

Jeremiah 31:13

Then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together, for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:18-20

I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself [saying], Thou have chastised me, and I was chastised as a calf unaccustomed [to the yoke]. Turn thou me back, and I shall be turned back, for thou are LORD my God.

Lamentations 5:15

The joy of our heart is ceased, our dance is turned into mourning.

Ezekiel 7:16

But those of them who escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys. All of them moaning, each one in his iniquity.

Ezekiel 16:63

that thou may remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou have done, says lord LORD.

Zechariah 12:10-14

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication. And they shall look to me whom they have pierced. And they shall mourn for him, as [a man] mourns for his only

Luke 6:21

Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh.

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou in thy lifetime received thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now here he is comforted and thou are in agony.

2 Corinthians 7:10-11

For sorrow toward God works repentance for salvation without regret, but the sorrow of the world works death.

James 5:1-2

Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching.

Revelation 18:7-8

In an amount she glorified herself and lived wantonly, give her so much torment and grief, because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will, no, not see grief.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

James 4:9

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Afflicted

Let

General references

Proverbs 14:13

Bible References

Afflicted

Go now, ye rich, weep, howling for your miseries that are approaching.

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I observe thy word.

Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. For that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart.

And in that day the Lord, LORD of hosts, called for weeping, and for mourning, and for baldness, and for girding with sackcloth.

But those of them who escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys. All of them moaning, each one in his iniquity.

that thou may remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou have done, says lord LORD.

Blessed are those who mourn, because they will be comforted.

Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh.

For sorrow toward God works repentance for salvation without regret, but the sorrow of the world works death.

Let

Therefore my harp has [turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is heaviness.

I said of laughter, It is mad, and of mirth, What does it do?

For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.

The joy of our heart is ceased, our dance is turned into mourning.

Woe to you who are filled now, because ye will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, because ye will mourn and weep.

But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou in thy lifetime received thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now here he is comforted and thou are in agony.

In an amount she glorified herself and lived wantonly, give her so much torment and grief, because she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will, no, not see grief.

General references

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is heaviness.