James 4:9 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ταλαιπωρήσατε	talaipōrēsate	do be grieved	G5003 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πενθήσατε	penthēsate	do mourn	G3996 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
κλαύσατε·	klausate	do weep;	G2799 →
ὁ	ho	The	G3588 →
γέλως	gelōs	laughter	G1071 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	of you	G4771 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
πένθος	penthos	mourning	G3997 →
μετατραπήτω	metatrapētō	should be turned
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
χαρὰ	chara	joy	G5479 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
κατήφειαν.	katēpheian	gloom.	G2726 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
leads to
- Revelation 21:4
  ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
- 2 Corinthians 7:9–10
  And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any…
- Isaiah 61:2–3
  to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
- John 16:20–22
  Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
- Psalms 126:5–6
  Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
Through
Luke 6:25
Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
leads to
- Isaiah 65:13
  Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be…
- Proverbs 14:13
  Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
Through
Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 2:2
  I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Matthew 5:4Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.2 Corinthians 7:10–11Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.Luke 6:25Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.Proverbs 14:13Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.Ecclesiastes 3:4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,James 5:1–2Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.1 Peter 1:6In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials Psalms 119:67Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.Jeremiah 31:18–20I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.Ezekiel 16:63so that when I make atonement for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, declares the Lord GOD.”Ecclesiastes 7:2–6It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.Revelation 18:7–8As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’Ezekiel 7:16The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.Luke 16:25But Abraham answered, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things. But now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.Zechariah 12:10–14Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.Job 30:31My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.Lamentations 5:15Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.Psalms 126:5–6Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.

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