James 4:9 References

9 aBe miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.

a Nehemiah 8:9, Proverbs 14:13, Luke 6:25

Nehemiah 8

9 Then Nehemiah, who was the agovernor, and Ezra bthe priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, "cThis day is holy to the Lord your God; ddo not mourn or weep." For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law.

Proverbs 14

13 Even in laughter the heart may be in pain, And the aend of joy may be grief.

Luke 6

25 "Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.