James 4:9 KJV
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
James 4:9, King James Version
In context
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Cross-references
- Matthew 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
- 2 Corinthians 7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
- 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.
- Proverbs 14:13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
- James 5:1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.