Luke 6:25
Luke · New Testament · Chapter 6
“Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.”Luke 6:25
What Does Luke 6:25 Mean?
Luke 6:25 is found in the book of Luke, chapter 6, verse 25 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Lament, and Poverty & Wealth.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Luke 6:25 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 5:6“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”John 6:35“And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.”Matthew 5:4“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”James 4:9“Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.”Isaiah 65:13“Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:”Proverbs 14:13“Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.”Luke 16:14“And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.”1 Corinthians 4:8“Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you.”Job 20:5“That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?”Ecclesiastes 7:3“Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.”Ecclesiastes 7:6“For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.”Amos 8:10“And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.”Luke 6:21“Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.”Revelation 3:17“Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:”Luke 8:53“And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.”1 Corinthians 7:30“And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not;”Philippians 4:12“I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.”1 Thessalonians 5:3“For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.”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.”1 Samuel 2:5“They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.”
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