James 4:9

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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

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.

Before I was afflicted I went astray,

But now I keep Your word.

Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting.

It is better to go to a house of mourning
Than to go to a house of feasting,
Because that is the end of every man,
And the living

takes it to heart.

Therefore in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing,
To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth.

“With weeping they will come,
And by supplication I will lead them;
I will make them walk by streams of waters,
On a straight path in which they will not stumble;
For I am a father to Israel,
And Ephraim is My firstborn.”

Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them

mourning, each over his own iniquity.

so that you may remember and be ashamed and never open your mouth anymore because of your humiliation, when I have forgiven you for all that you have done,” the Lord God declares.

“I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.

Let

“Therefore my harp is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the sound of those who weep.

Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,
And the end of joy may be grief.

I said of laughter, “It is madness,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”

For as the crackling of thorn bushes under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool;
And this too is futility.

The joy of our hearts has ceased;
Our dancing has been turned into mourning.

Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.

But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.

To the degree that she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, ‘I sit as a queen and I am not a widow, and will never see mourning.’

General references

Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,
And the end of joy may be grief.