Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.


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John 16 22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
James 4 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
1 Peter 4 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Isaiah 65 14 Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.
Romans 12 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Psalms 126 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Matthew 5 4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Revelation 21 4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Isaiah 65 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
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;
Jeremiah 16 5 For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.
Ezekiel 24 23 And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.
Psalms 16 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
2 Corinthians 2 3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
Luke 6 21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
Jeremiah 31 16 Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
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.
Ecclesiastes 7 3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Proverbs 10 28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 24 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Psalms 68 3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
Ezekiel 35 14 Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate.
Psalms 32 11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
Amos 5 16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
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.
Hebrews 12 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Isaiah 55 12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Psalms 35 9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation.
Acts 2 26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
Lamentations 1 21 They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me.
Zephaniah 1 14 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly.
Jeremiah 25 34 Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
2 Corinthians 7 10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Lamentations 5 15 The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Isaiah 51 11 Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.
Lamentations 1 12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
Proverbs 23 24 The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.
Psalms 30 5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
John 15 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
Philippians 4 4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Isaiah 59 11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Psalms 90 15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil.
Jeremiah 13 17 But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is carried away captive.
Isaiah 12 3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Lamentations 1 22 Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
Isaiah 49 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
1 Chronicles 16 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.
Proverbs 23 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.
Proverbs 15 13 A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Psalms 98 4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.