James 4:9

Subject Yourselves To God

⁸ Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded. ⁹ Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair. ¹⁰ Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you.

Draw Near to God

Let There Be

O God

Sin

Luke 6:25

"Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

Matthew 5:4

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

Job 30:31

My harp is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping.

Psalm 119:67

Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions.

Psalm 119:71

It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes.

Psalm 119:136

Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law.

Psalm 126:5-6

Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

I said of partying, "It is folly," and of self-indulgent pleasure, "It accomplishes nothing!"

Ecclesiastes 7:2-6

It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.

Isaiah 22:12-13

At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.

Jeremiah 31:9

They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel's father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.'"

Jeremiah 31:13

The Lord says, "At that time young women will dance and be glad. Young men and old men will rejoice. I will turn their grief into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:18-20

I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully, 'We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. You disciplined us and we learned from it. Let us come back to you and we will do so, for you are the Lord our God.

Lamentations 5:15

Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning.

Ezekiel 7:16

Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan -- each one for his iniquity.

Ezekiel 16:63

Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent when I make atonement for all you have done, declares the sovereign Lord.'"

Zechariah 12:10-14

"I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.

Luke 6:21

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

Luke 16:25

But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.

2 Corinthians 7:10-11

For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.

James 5:1-2

Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.

Revelation 18:7-8

As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, 'I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!'