Psa 119:67, 71, 136, 126:5-6, Ecc 7:2-5, Isa 22:12-13, Jam 5:1-2 | ESV | STEP | Before I was afflicted I went astray , but now I keep your word .

Psalms 119:67

67 ^aBefore I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I keep your word.

Psalms 119:71

71 It is ^bgood for me that I was afflicted,
that I might learn your statutes.

Psalms 119:136

136 My eyes ^cshed streams of tears,
because people ^ddo not keep your law.

Psalms 126:5-6

5 ^eThose who sow in tears
shall reap with shouts of joy!
6 He who goes out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
bringing his sheaves with him.

Ecclesiastes 7:2-5

2 It is better to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the house of feasting,
for this is the end of all mankind,
and the living will ^flay it to heart.
3 Sorrow is better than laughter,
^gfor by sadness of face the heart is made glad.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
5 It is ^hbetter for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise
than to hear the song of fools.

Isaiah 22:12-13

12 In that day ⁱthe Lord God of hosts
called for weeping and mourning,
for ^jbaldness and ^kwearing sackcloth;
13 and behold, joy and gladness,
killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,
eating flesh and drinking wine.
^l“Let us eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die.”

James 5:1-2

Warning to the Rich

1 Come now, ^myou rich, weep and howl for the ⁿmiseries that are coming upon you. 2 ^oYour riches have rotted and ^pyour garments are moth-eaten.