Luke 6:21

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Summary

Luke 6:21

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Ye that hunger

2 Corinthians 12:10

For ye shall be

Revelation 7:16

Ye that weep

General references

Matthew 5:4

Bible References

Ye that hunger

wo unto you that are full: for you shall be in want. wo unto you that indulge in present pleasure: for mourning and sorrow shall attend you.

the needy he has furnished with plentiful enjoyments, and the rich he has reduced to poverty.

to this very day we suffer both hunger, thirst, and penury: we are buffeted from place to place, as vagabonds:

expos'd to toil, to fatigue, to frequent watchings, to hunger and thirst, to frequent fastings, to cold and penury.

I take pleasure then in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am afflicted, then it is I have fortitude.

For ye shall be

Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be satisfied.

Jesus answered her, if you knew the dispensation of God, and who it is that says to you, give me to drink; you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water.

Jesus answer'd, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me, shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me, shall never thirst.

In the last day, the most solemn day of the feast, Jesus being there, raised his voice, and said, if any man thirst, let him come to me, and drink.

they shall no more suffer hunger or thirst, neither shall the sun dart on them, nor any heat molest them.

Ye that weep

wo unto you that are full: for you shall be in want. wo unto you that indulge in present pleasure: for mourning and sorrow shall attend you.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

then Jesus wept.

verily, verily I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

I call Christ, and the holy spirit to witness with my conscience, that I speak the truth without guile, when I say,

who comforteth me in all my tribulations, that I may be able to comfort them who are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith I myself am comforted of God.

as sorrowful, though always cheerful; as poor, tho' inriching many; as having nothing, though contented with every thing.

for religious sorrow produces that salutary repentance, which we never regret: but worldly sorrow preys upon life.

Consider the various tryals that surround you, my brethren, as matter of great joy; knowing this,

This it is that fills you with joy, notwithstanding the various tryals, which still necessarily afflict you,

then I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, "behold, the tabernacle of God is with men: he will dwell with them, they shall be his people, God himself shall be with them, as their God.

General references

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.