James 4:9

Subject Yourselves To God

⁸ Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. ⁹ Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom. ¹⁰ Humble yourselves in the Lord's presence, and he will exalt you.

Draw Near to God

Let There Be

O God

Sin

Luke 6:25

How terrible it will be for you who are full now, because you will be hungry! How terrible it will be for you who are laughing now, because you will mourn and cry!

Proverbs 14:13

Even in laughter there may be heartache, and at the end of joy there may be grief.

Matthew 5:4

"How blessed are those who mourn, because it is they who will be comforted!

Job 30:31

But my harp is in mourning; my flute plays only songs for those who are weeping."

Psalm 119:67

Before I was humbled, I wandered away, but now I observe your words.

Psalm 119:71

It was for my good that I was humbled; so that I would learn your statutes.

Psalm 119:136

My eyes shed rivers of tears, when others do not obey your instruction. Tsade

Psalm 126:5-6

Those who weep while they plant will sing for joy while they harvest.

Ecclesiastes 2:2

"Senseless," said I concerning laughter and pleasure, "How practical is this?"

Ecclesiastes 7:2-6

It's better to attend a funeral than to attend a banquet, for everyone dies eventually, and the living will take this to heart.

Isaiah 22:12-13

On that day the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies called for weeping and mourning, for shaving heads and wearing sackcloth.

Jeremiah 31:9

They'll come crying, and I'll lead them as they pray for mercy. I'll make them walk by streams of water, along a straight path on which they won't stumble. For I am Israel's father, and Ephraim is my firstborn."

Jeremiah 31:13

The virgins will rejoice with dancing, together with young men and old men. For I'll turn their mourning into joy, and I'll comfort them and give them gladness instead of sorrow.

Jeremiah 31:18-20

"I've certainly heard Ephraim shuddering with grief as they said, "You have disciplined me, and I'm disciplined like an untrained calf. Restore me, and let me return, for you are the LORD my God.

Lamentations 5:15

The joy of our hearts has ceased, and our dancing has turned into dirges.

Ezekiel 7:16

Fugitives will escape to the mountains like doves fleeing through the valleys, all of them moaning because of their own iniquity.

Ezekiel 16:63

Then you will remember, be ashamed, and you won't open your mouth anymore due to humiliation when I will have made atonement for you for everything that you've done,' declares the Lord GOD."

Zechariah 12:10-14

I will pour out on the house of David and on the residents of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and of supplications, and they will look to me the one whom they pierced.'"

Luke 6:21

How blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied! How blessed are you who are crying now, because you will laugh!

Luke 16:25

"But Abraham said, "My child, remember that during your lifetime you received blessings, while Lazarus received hardships. But now he is being comforted here, while you suffer.

2 Corinthians 7:10-11

For having sorrow in a godly way results in repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets. But the sorrow of the world produces death.

James 5:1-2

Now listen, you rich people! Cry and moan over the miseries that are overtaking you.

Revelation 18:7-8

Just as she glorified herself and lived in luxury, inflict on her just as much torture and misery. In her heart she says, "I am a queen on a throne, not a widow. I will never see misery.'