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 that are coming upon you.

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.

Those who cry while they plant will joyfully sing while they harvest.

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. That is the end for all men and the living takes it to heart.

In that day Jehovah God of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth.

With weeping they will come. 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.

Some will escape to the mountains like doves frightened from the valleys. All of them will moan over their sins.

I will forgive all the wrongs you have done, but you will remember them and be too ashamed to open your mouth.' The Lord Jehovah has spoken.

I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of kindness and of supplication. They will look to the one whom they pierced; and they will mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son. There will be a bitter lamentation for him, like one who grieves for his first-born.

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

Blessed are you who hunger now for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now: for you shall laugh.

For godly sorrow works repentance leading to salvation. This is a repentance that brings no regret: but the sorrow of the world works death.

Let

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

Even in laughter the heart has pain; and joy may end in grief.

I said of laughter: It is madness. And of pleasure: 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 hearts has ended; our dancing is changed into sorrow.

Woe to you who are full now! For you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! You will mourn and weep.

Abraham said: Remember, my son, in your lifetime you were given good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things. Now he is enjoying himself while you are in torment.

To the extent she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to that extent give her much torment and sorrow. She says in her heart: 'I sit a queen, and am no widow, and I shall see no sorrow.'

General references

Even in laughter the heart has pain; and joy may end in grief.