Job 30:31
31My alyre is bturned to mourning,and my cpipe to the voice of those who weep.
Proverbs 14:13
13Even in laughter the heart may ache,and dthe end of joy may be egrief.
Ecclesiastes 2:2
2I fsaid of laughter, “It is mad,” and of pleasure, “What use is it?”Ecclesiastes 7:6
6 gFor as the crackling of hthorns under a pot,so is the laughter of the fools;
this also is vanity. ▼
▼The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
Lamentations 5:15
15 jThe joy of our hearts has ceased;kour dancing has been turned to mourning.
Luke 6:25
25“Woe to you who are full now, for lyou shall be hungry.“Woe to myou who laugh now, nfor you shall mourn and weep.
Luke 16:25
25But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that oyou in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.Revelation of John 18:7-8
7 pAs she glorified herself and lived in luxury,so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
q‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
and mourning I shall never see.’
8For this reason her plagues will come rin a single day,
death and mourning and famine,
and sshe will be burned up with fire;
for tmighty is the Lord God who has judged her.”
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