Luke 6:21
How blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied! How blessed are you who are crying now, because you will laugh!
Matthew 5:4
"How blessed are those who mourn, because it is they who will be comforted!
Luke 6:25
How terrible it will be for you who are full now, because you will be hungry! How terrible it will be for you who are laughing now, because you will mourn and cry!
Psalm 17:15
But as for me, justified, I will behold your face; when I awake, your presence will satisfy me. To the Director: By the servant of the LORD, David, who spoke the words of this song to the LORD on the day when the LORD delivered him from the hands of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul.
Isaiah 55:1-2
"Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the waters! Also, you that have no money, come, buy, and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Isaiah 61:1-3
"The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed and to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives, and release from darkness for the prisoners;
Matthew 5:6
"How blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for righteousness, because it is they who will be satisfied!
Luke 1:53
He filled hungry people with good things and sent rich people away with nothing.
Genesis 17:17
Abraham fell to the ground, laughed, and told himself, "Can a child be born to a 100-year-old man? Can a 90-year-old Sarah give birth?"
Genesis 21:6
Now Sarah had said, "God has caused me to laugh, and all who hear about it will laugh with me."
Psalm 6:6-8
I am weary from my groaning. Every night my couch is drenched with tears, my bed is soaked through.
Psalm 28:7
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I received help. My heart rejoices, and I give thanks to him with my song.
Psalm 30:11-12
You have turned my mourning into dancing; you took off my sackcloth and clothed me with a garment of joy,
Psalm 42:1-3
As an antelope pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, God.
Psalm 63:1-5
God, you are my God! I will fervently seek you. My soul thirsts for you; my flesh longs for you in a dry, weary, and parched land.
Psalm 65:4
How blessed is the one you choose, the one you cause to live in your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house, yes, even with the holiness of your Temple.
Psalm 107:9
He has satisfied the one who thirsts, filling the hungry with what is good.
Psalm 119:136
My eyes shed rivers of tears, when others do not obey your instruction. Tsade
Psalm 126:1-2
When the LORD brought back Zion's exiles, we were like dreamers.
Psalm 126:5-6
Those who weep while they plant will sing for joy while they harvest.
Psalm 143:6
I stretch out my hands toward you, longing for you like a parched land. Interlude
Ecclesiastes 7:2-3
It's better to attend a funeral than to attend a banquet, for everyone dies eventually, and the living will take this to heart.
Isaiah 12:1-2
At that time, you will say: "I will praise you, LORD, for although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away, and you have comforted me.
Isaiah 25:6
"On this mountain, the LORD of the Heavenly Armies will prepare for all nations a banquet of rich food, a banquet of well-aged wines rich food full of marrow, and refined wines of the finest vintage
Isaiah 30:19
Indeed, you people who live in Zion and in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. How gracious the LORD will be to you at the sound of your cry! As soon as he hears it, he will answer you.
Isaiah 44:3-4
For I'll pour water upon thirsty ground and streams on parched land. So will I pour my Spirit upon your offspring, and my blessing upon your descendants.
Isaiah 49:9-10
saying to captives, "Come out!' and to those who are in darkness, "Be free!' "They will feed on all the mountains, and their pasture will be on all the barren hills.
Isaiah 57:17-18
Because of his wicked greed I was angry, so I punished him; and I hid my face, and was angry but he kept turning back to his stubborn will.
Isaiah 65:13-14
Therefore, this is what the LORD says: "See, my servants will eat, but you'll go hungry; my servants will drink, but you'll go thirsty; my servants will rejoice, but you'll be put to shame.
Isaiah 66:10
"Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be happy for her, all you who love her; rejoice with her in gladness, all you who mourn over her,
Jeremiah 9:1
"Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears, for then I would cry day and night for those of my people who have been killed.
Jeremiah 13:17
If you don't listen, I'll cry secretly because of your pride. My eyes will cry bitterly, flowing tears, because the LORD's flock has been taken captive.
Jeremiah 31:9
They'll come crying, and I'll lead them as they pray for mercy. I'll make them walk by streams of water, along a straight path on which they won't stumble. For I am Israel's father, and Ephraim is my firstborn."
Jeremiah 31:13-14
The virgins will rejoice with dancing, together with young men and old men. For I'll turn their mourning into joy, and I'll comfort them and give them gladness instead of sorrow.
Jeremiah 31:18-20
"I've certainly heard Ephraim shuddering with grief as they said, "You have disciplined me, and I'm disciplined like an untrained calf. Restore me, and let me return, for you are the LORD my God.
Jeremiah 31:25
I'll provide abundance for those who are weary, and fill all who are faint."
Ezekiel 7:16
Fugitives will escape to the mountains like doves fleeing through the valleys, all of them moaning because of their own iniquity.
Ezekiel 9:4
The LORD told him, "Go throughout the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of everyone who sighs and moans over all of the loathsome things that are happening in it."
John 4:10
Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who is saying to you, "Please give me a drink,' you would have been the one to ask him, and he would have given you living water."
John 6:35
Jesus told them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never become hungry, and whoever believes in me will never become thirsty.
John 7:37-38
On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and shouted, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
John 11:35
Jesus burst into tears.
John 16:20-21
Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, you'll cry and mourn, but the world will rejoice. You'll be deeply distressed, but your pain will turn into joy.
Romans 9:1-3
I am telling the truth because I belong to the Messiah I am not lying, and my conscience confirms it by means of the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 4:11
We are hungry, thirsty, dressed in rags, brutally treated, and homeless, right up to the present.
2 Corinthians 1:4-6
who comforts us in all our suffering, so that we may be able to comfort others in all their suffering, as we ourselves are being comforted by God.
2 Corinthians 6:10
as sorrowful and yet always rejoicing, as poor and yet enriching many, as having nothing and yet possessing everything.
2 Corinthians 7:10-11
For having sorrow in a godly way results in repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets. But the sorrow of the world produces death.
2 Corinthians 11:27
in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, through hunger, thirst, many periods of fasting, coldness, and nakedness.
2 Corinthians 12:10
That is why I take such pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for the Messiah's sake, for when I am weak, then I am strong.
James 1:2-4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials,
James 1:12
How blessed is the man who endures temptation! When he has passed the test, he will receive the victor's crown of life that God has promised to those who keep on loving him.
1 Peter 1:6-8
You greatly rejoice in this, even though you have to suffer various kinds of trials for a little while,
Revelation 7:16
They will never be hungry or thirsty again. Neither the sun nor its heat will ever beat down on them,
Revelation 21:3
I heard a loud voice from the throne say, "See, the tent of God is among humans! He will make his home with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them, and he will be their God.