James 4:9
James · New Testament · Chapter 4
“Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.”James 4:9
What Does James 4:9 Mean?
James 4:9 is found in the book of James, chapter 4, verse 9 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to James 4:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Chronicles 7:14“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”Matthew 5:3“Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”Matthew 5:4“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”2 Corinthians 7:10“For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.”Luke 6:25“Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.”Proverbs 14:13“Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.”Ecclesiastes 3:4“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;”1 Peter 1:6“Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:”James 5:1“Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.”Psalms 119:67“Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.”Ecclesiastes 7:2“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.”Jeremiah 31:18“I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.”Ezekiel 16:63“That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.”Revelation 18:7“How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.”Ezekiel 7:16“But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity.”Leviticus 23:27“Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.”Job 30:31“My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.”Psalms 126:5“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.”Isaiah 22:12“And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:”Lamentations 5:15“The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.”
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