James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
Context
This verse from James Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. Quarrels and fights come from passions at war within. Friendship with the world is enmity with God. God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Do not …
Other Translations
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;
Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.
Cross References
My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; …
And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and …
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember …
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed …
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning …
They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the …
That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I …
But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all …