Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Son, remember that, in your lifetime, you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus his evil things. But now he is comforted, and you are tormented.
James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to sorrow.
Revelation 18:7-8
As much glory and voluptuousness as she has given to herself, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
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Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
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Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Son, remember that, in your lifetime, you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus his evil things. But now he is comforted, and you are tormented.
James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to sorrow.
Revelation 18:7
As much glory and voluptuousness as she has given to herself, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she says in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.