James 4:9
King James Version (KJV)
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
World English Bible (WEB)
Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
James 4:9 Cross References
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
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.
And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
