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James 4:9
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James 4:9
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9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
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James 4:9
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James 4:9
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9 Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom.(A)
Matthew 5:4
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Matthew 5:4
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4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
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Matthew 5:4
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Matthew 5:4
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4 Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.(A)
2 Corinthians 7:10-11
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2 Corinthians 7:10-11
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10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
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2 Corinthians 7:10-11
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2 Corinthians 7:10-11
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10 Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation(A) and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. 11 See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern,(B) what readiness to see justice done. At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
Proverbs 14:13
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Proverbs 14:13
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13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
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Proverbs 14:13
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Proverbs 14:13
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13 Even in laughter(A) the heart may ache,
and rejoicing may end in grief.
Luke 6:25
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Luke 6:25
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25 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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Luke 6:25
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Luke 6:25
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James 5:1-2
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James 5:1-2
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5 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
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James 5:1-2
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James 5:1-2
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Warning to Rich Oppressors
5 Now listen,(A) you rich people,(B) weep and wail(C) because of the misery that is coming on you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.(D)
Ezekiel 16:63
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Ezekiel 16:63
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63 That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.
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Ezekiel 16:63
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Ezekiel 16:63
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63 Then, when I make atonement(A) for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed(B) and never again open your mouth(C) because of your humiliation, declares the Sovereign Lord.(D)’”
Jeremiah 31:18-20
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Jeremiah 31:18-20
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18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
20 Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
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Jeremiah 31:18-20
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Jeremiah 31:18-20
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18 “I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning:
‘You disciplined(A) me like an unruly calf,(B)
and I have been disciplined.
Restore(C) me, and I will return,
because you are the Lord my God.
19 After I strayed,(D)
I repented;
after I came to understand,
I beat(E) my breast.
I was ashamed(F) and humiliated
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’(G)
20 Is not Ephraim my dear son,
the child(H) in whom I delight?
Though I often speak against him,
I still remember(I) him.
Therefore my heart yearns for him;
I have great compassion(J) for him,”
declares the Lord.
Psalm 119:67
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Psalm 119:67
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67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
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Psalm 119:67
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Psalm 119:67
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Ezekiel 7:16
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Ezekiel 7:16
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16 But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.
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Ezekiel 7:16
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Ezekiel 7:16
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Ecclesiastes 7:2-6
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Ecclesiastes 7:2-6
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2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
6 For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 7:2-6
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Ecclesiastes 7:2-6
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2 It is better to go to a house of mourning
than to go to a house of feasting,
for death(A) is the destiny(B) of everyone;
the living should take this to heart.
3 Frustration is better than laughter,(C)
because a sad face is good for the heart.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.(D)
5 It is better to heed the rebuke(E) of a wise person
than to listen to the song of fools.
6 Like the crackling of thorns(F) under the pot,
so is the laughter(G) of fools.
This too is meaningless.
Revelation 18:7-8
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Revelation 18:7-8
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7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
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Revelation 18:7-8
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Revelation 18:7-8
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7 Give her as much torment and grief
as the glory and luxury she gave herself.(A)
In her heart she boasts,
‘I sit enthroned as queen.
I am not a widow;[a]
I will never mourn.’(B)
8 Therefore in one day(C) her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,(D)
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.
Footnotes
- Revelation 18:7 See Isaiah 47:7,8.
Luke 16:25
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Luke 16:25
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25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
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Luke 16:25
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Luke 16:25
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25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things,(A) but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.(B)
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