Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
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Bible References
Full
Philippians 4:12
I know both how to live in humble circumstances and how to live amid abundance. I am fully initiated into all the mysteries both of fulness and of hunger, of abundance and of want.
Revelation 3:17
You say, I am rich, and have wealth stored up, and I stand in need of nothing; and you do not know that if there is a wretched creature it is *you* -- pitiable, poor, blind, naked.
Laugh
Luke 8:53
And they jeered at Him, knowing that she was dead.
Luke 16:14
To all this the Pharisees listened, bitterly jeering at Him; for they were lovers of money.
Ephesians 5:4
Avoid shameful and foolish talk and low jesting--they are all alike discreditable--and in place of these give thanks.
James 4:9
Afflict yourselves and mourn and weep aloud; let your laughter be turned into grief, and your gladness into shame.
Mourn
Luke 12:20
"But God said to him, "'Foolish man, this night your life is demanded from you; and these preparations--for whom shall they be?'
Luke 13:28
"There will be the weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the Prophets in the Kingdom of God, and yourselves being driven far away.
Matthew 22:11
"Now the king came in to see the guests; and among them he discovered one who was not wearing a wedding-robe.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
While they are saying "Peace and safety!" then in a moment destruction falls upon them, like birth-pains on a woman who is with child; and escape there is none.
Revelation 18:7
She has freely glorified herself and revelled in luxury; equally freely administer torment to her, and woe. For in her heart she boasts, saying, 'I sit enthroned as Queen: no widow am I: I shall never know sorrow.'
General references
Matthew 5:4
"Blessed are the mourners, for they shall be comforted.