Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that, in your lifetime, you received in full your good things, and Lazarus, likewise, evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish.
James 4:9
Be wretched, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness!
Revelation 18:7-8
As much as she glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, so much torment and mourning give her; because she says in her heart, 'I sit a queen, and am not a widow, and shall in nowise see mourning.'
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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, 'Child, remember that, in your lifetime, you received in full your good things, and Lazarus, likewise, evil things; but now here he is comforted, and you are in anguish.
James 4:9
Be wretched, and mourn, and weep; let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness!
Revelation 18:7
As much as she glorified herself, and lived luxuriously, so much torment and mourning give her; because she says in her heart, 'I sit a queen, and am not a widow, and shall in nowise see mourning.'