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Matthew 5:4
“ Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
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2 Corinthians 7 10-2 Corinthians 7 11
For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.For see what this very thing, this sadness as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, what punishment! In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
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Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.
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Luke 6:25
“ Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry.“ Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
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James 5:1-2
Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you.Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth- eaten.
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Ezekiel 16:63
Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent when I make atonement for all you have done, declares the sovereign LORD.’”
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Jeremiah 31:18-20
I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully,‘ We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. You disciplined us and we learned from it. Let us come back to you and we will do so, for you are the LORD our God.For after we turned away from you we repented. After we came to our senses we beat our breasts in sorrow. We are ashamed and humiliated because of the disgraceful things we did previously.’Indeed, the people of Israel are my dear children. They are the children I take delight in. For even though I must often rebuke them, I still remember them with fondness. So I am deeply moved with pity for them and will surely have compassion on them. I, the LORD, affirm it!
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Psalms 119:67
Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions.
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Ecclesiastes 7:2-6
It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of merrymaking.It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise than to listen to the song of fools.For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.
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Ezekiel 7:16
Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan– each one for his iniquity.
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Lamentations 5:15
Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning.
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Zechariah 12:10-14
“ I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.On that day the lamentation in Jerusalem will be as great as the lamentation at Hadad-Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.The land will mourn, clan by clan– the clan of the royal household of David by itself and their wives by themselves; the clan of the family of Nathan by itself and their wives by themselves;the clan of the descendants of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; and the clan of the Shimeites by itself and their wives by themselves–all the clans that remain, each separately with their wives.”
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Psalms 126:5-6
Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest.The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag of seed, will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain.
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Job 30:31
My harp is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping.
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Revelation 18:7-8
As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself,‘ I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’For this reason, she will experience her plagues in a single day: disease, mourning, and famine, and she will be burned down with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!”
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Luke 6:21
“ Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied.“ Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
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Luke 16:25
But Abraham said,‘ Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.
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Isaiah 22:12-13
At that time the sovereign master, the LORD who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.But look, there is outright celebration! You say,“ Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep, eat meat and drink wine. Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”
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Jeremiah 31:9
They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’”
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Ecclesiastes 2:2
I said of partying,“ It is folly,” and of self-indulgent pleasure,“ It accomplishes nothing!”
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Jeremiah 31:13
The LORD says,“ At that time young women will dance and be glad. Young men and old men will rejoice. I will turn their grief into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow.
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Psalms 119:71
It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes.
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Psalms 119:136
Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law.צ( Tsade)