Ecclesiastes 7:3
"Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better."
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- 2 Corinthians 7:9
"Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing."
Read in chapter → - Romans 5:3
"And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;"
Read in chapter → - James 4:8
"Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded."
Read in chapter → - John 16:20
"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."
Read in chapter → - James 1:2
"My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;"
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 31:15
"Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not."
Read in chapter → - 2 Corinthians 4:17
"For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;"
Read in chapter → - Hebrews 12:10
"For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness."
Read in chapter → - Zechariah 12:10
"And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn."
Read in chapter → - 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."
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