Jas.4.9

James 4:9

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

Drawing Near to God

Cross References

Nehemiah 8:9

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¶ And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the Lord your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

Ezra Reads the Law

“This Day Is Holy”

Proverbs 14:13

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Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

The Wise Woman

Matthew 21:41

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They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

The Parable of the Wicked Tenants

Luke 6:25

KJV Jesus

Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.