Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Afflictions made beneficial » In purifying us
It is better to go into a house of mourning, than into a banquet house: For there is the end of all men, and he that is living taketh it to heart. It is better to be sorry than to laugh, for when the countenance is heavy the heart is joyful.
worldly Amusements and pleasures » Wisdom of abstaining from
It is better to go into a house of mourning, than into a banquet house: For there is the end of all men, and he that is living taketh it to heart. It is better to be sorry than to laugh, for when the countenance is heavy the heart is joyful.
Amusements and worldly pleasures » Wisdom of abstaining from
It is better to go into a house of mourning, than into a banquet house: For there is the end of all men, and he that is living taketh it to heart. It is better to be sorry than to laugh, for when the countenance is heavy the heart is joyful.
Bereavement » Resignation in
And he answered, "While the child was alive, I fasted and wept. For I this thought, 'Who can tell whether God will have mercy on me that the child may live?' But now, seeing it is dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him again any more? I shall go to him: but he shall not come again to me."
While he was speaking, there came yet another, and said, "Thy sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house, and suddenly there came a mighty great wind out of the South, and smote the four corners of the house: which fell upon thy children, so that they are dead, and I alone am gotten away, to tell thee." Then Job stood up, and rent his clothes, shaved his head, fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, read more.
and said, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I turn thither again. The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; now blessed be the name of the LORD."
and said, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I turn thither again. The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; now blessed be the name of the LORD."
It is better to go into a house of mourning, than into a banquet house: For there is the end of all men, and he that is living taketh it to heart. It is better to be sorry than to laugh, for when the countenance is heavy the heart is joyful. The heart of the wise is in the mourning house; but the heart of the foolish is in the house of mirth.
I would not, brethren, have you ignorant concerning them which are fallen asleep, that ye sorrow not as others do which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died, and rose again: even so them also which sleep by Jesus, will God bring again with him. And this say we unto you in the word of the Lord, that we which live and are remaining in the coming of the Lord, shall not come before they which sleep. read more.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, and the voice of the archangel, and trump of God. And the dead in Christ shall arise first: then shall we which live and remain, be caught up with them also in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so shall we ever be with the Lord. Where-fore comfort yourselves one another with these words.
For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, and the voice of the archangel, and trump of God. And the dead in Christ shall arise first: then shall we which live and remain, be caught up with them also in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so shall we ever be with the Lord. Where-fore comfort yourselves one another with these words.
Countenance » Sad
And after the ten days, their faces were better liking and fatter, than all the young springaldes, which ate of the king's meat.
Verse Concepts
Then changed the king his countenance, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his body shook, and his knees smote one against another.
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Then she said, "Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight." And so the woman went her way, and did eat and looked no more so sad.
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Then said the king unto me, "Why lookest thou so sadly? Thou art not sick, that is not the matter, but thou art heavy hearted." Nevertheless I was sore afraid and said unto the king, "God save the king's life forever, should I not look sadly? The city of my fathers' burial lieth waste and the gates thereof are consumed with fire."
It is better to be sorry than to laugh, for when the countenance is heavy the heart is joyful.
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All they that dwell in the Isles are abashed at thee, and all their kings are afraid; yea, their faces have changed colour.
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Joy » Earthly » Manifested in laughter
The heart is sorrowful even in laughter; and the end of mirth is heaviness.
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It is better to be sorry than to laugh, for when the countenance is heavy the heart is joyful.
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For the laughing of fools is like the crackling of thorns under a pot. And that is but a vain thing.
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Suffer afflictions: sorrow ye and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
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Woe be to you that are full: for ye shall hunger. Woe be to you that now laugh: for ye shall wail, and weep.
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insomuch that I said unto laughter, "Thou art mad," and to mirth, "What doest thou?"
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Sorrow » What sorrow is
It is better to be sorry than to laugh, for when the countenance is heavy the heart is joyful. The heart of the wise is in the mourning house; but the heart of the foolish is in the house of mirth.