Bible Verses Like James 4:9

“Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.”

 

Bible verses related to James 4:9 (similar cross-references)


Luke 6:25 - Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.   (Verses like Luke 6:25)

Proverbs 14:13 - Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.   (Verses like Proverbs 14:13)

Matthew 5:4 - Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.   (Verses like Matthew 5:4)

Job 30:31 - My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.   (Verses like Job 30:31)

Psalms 119:67 - Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.   (Verses like Psalms 119:67)

Psalms 119:71 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.   (Verses like Psalms 119:71)

Psalms 119:127 - Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.   (Verses like Psalms 119:127)

Psalms 126:5-6 - They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.   (Verses like Psalms 126:5)

Ecclesiastes 2:2 - I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?   (Verses like Ecclesiastes 2:2)

Ecclesiastes 7:2-6 - 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.Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.   (Verses like Ecclesiastes 7:2)

Isaiah 22:12-13 - And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.   (Verses like Isaiah 22:12)

Jeremiah 31:9 - They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.   (Verses like Jeremiah 31:9)

Jeremiah 31:13 - Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.   (Verses like Jeremiah 31:13)

Jeremiah 31:18-20 - 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.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.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.   (Verses like Jeremiah 31:18)

Lamentations 5:15 - The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.   (Verses like Lamentations 5:15)

Ezekiel 7:16 - 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.   (Verses like Ezekiel 7:16)

Ezekiel 16:63 - 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.   (Verses like Ezekiel 16:63)

Zechariah 12:10-14 - And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart;The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart;All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart.   (Verses like Zechariah 12:10)

Luke 6:21 - Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.   (Verses like Luke 6:21)

Luke 16:25 - 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.   (Verses like Luke 16:25)

2 Corinthians 7:10-11 - For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.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.   (Verses like 2 Corinthians 7:10)

James 5:1-2 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.   (Verses like James 5:1)

Revelation 18:7-8 - 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.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.   (Verses like Revelation 18:7)