Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Bible References

Afflicted

James 5:1
Come now, ye rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you.
Psalm 119:67
Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.
Psalm 126:5
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Ecclesiastes 7:2
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
And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Jeremiah 31:9
They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.
Ezekiel 7:16
But those of them that escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity.
Ezekiel 16:63
that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Zechariah 12:10
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 unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Luke 6:21
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Let

Job 30:31
Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.
Ecclesiastes 2:2
I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?
Ecclesiastes 7:6
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Lamentations 5:15
The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
Luke 6:25
Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you , ye that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted and thou art in anguish.
Revelation 18:7
How much soever she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall in no wise see mourning.

General references

Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.

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