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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.

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ASV

Woe unto you, ye that are full now! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you, ye that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

KJV

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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15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΟὐαὶOuaiWoeG3759 →
ὑμῖνhuminto youG4771 →
οἱhoiwho [are]G3588 →
ἐμπεπλησμένοιempeplēsmenoifilledG1705 →
νῦν,nunnow,G3568 →
ὅτιhotiforG3754 →
πεινάσετε.¶peinaseteyou will hunger.G3983 →
ΟὐαὶOuaiWoe toG3759 →
οἱhoiwho [are]G3588 →
γελῶντεςgelōnteslaughingG1070 →
νῦν,nunnow,G3568 →
ὅτιhotiforG3754 →
πενθήσετεpenthēseteyou will mournG3996 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
κλαύσετε.¶klausetewill weep.G2799 →

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Matthew 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.John 6:35Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.Matthew 5:4Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.Isaiah 65:13Therefore 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 put to shame.James 4:9Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.Proverbs 14:13Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.Luke 16:14–15The Pharisees, who were lovers of money, heard all of this and were scoffing at Jesus.1 Corinthians 4:8Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really were kings, so that we might be kings with you!Luke 6:21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.Amos 8:10I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome like a bitter day.Revelation 3:17You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.Job 20:5–7the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?Revelation 18:7–11As 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.’Luke 8:53And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.1 Corinthians 7:30those who weep, as if they did not; those who are joyful, as if they were not; those who make a purchase, as if they had nothing;Proverbs 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.Ecclesiastes 7:6For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.1 Samuel 2:5The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.

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