Verse 3

Sorrow{H3708} is better{H2896} than laughter;{H7814} for by the sadness{H7455} of the countenance{H6440} the heart{H3820} is made glad.{H3190}

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 7:9-9 : 9 I now{G3568} rejoice,{G5463} not{G3756} that{G3754} ye were made sorry,{G3076} but{G235} that{G3754} ye were made sorry{G3076} unto{G1519} repentance;{G3341} for{G1063} ye were made sorry{G3076} after{G2596} a godly sort,{G2316} that{G2443} ye might suffer loss{G2210} by{G1537} us{G2257} in{G1722} nothing.{G3367} 10 For{G1063} {G2596} godly{G2316} sorrow{G3077} worketh{G2716} repentance{G3341} unto{G1519} salvation,{G4991} [a repentance]{G278} which bringeth no regret: but{G1161} the sorrow{G3077} of the world{G2889} worketh{G2716} death.{G2288} 11 For{G1063} behold,{G2400} this{G5124} selfsame thing,{G846} that{G3076} ye{G5209} were made sorry{G3076} after{G2596} a godly sort,{G2316} what{G4214} earnest care{G4710} it wrought{G2716} in you,{G5213} yea{G235} what clearing of yourselves,{G627} yea{G235} what indignation,{G24} yea{G235} what fear,{G5401} yea{G235} what longing,{G1972} yea{G235} what zeal,{G2205} yea{G235} what avenging!{G1557} In{G1722} everything{G3956} ye approved{G4921} yourselves{G1438} to be{G1511} pure{G53} in{G1722} the matter.{G4229}
  • Heb 12:10-11 : 10 For{G1063} they{G3811} indeed{G3303} for{G4314} a few{G3641} days{G2250} chastened{G3811} [us] as seemed{G2596} good{G1380} to them;{G846} but{G1161} he{G3588} for{G1909} [our] profit,{G4851} that{G1519} [we] may be partakers{G3335} of{G41} his{G846} holiness.{G41} 11 {G1161} {G3303} All{G3956} chastening{G3809} seemeth{G1380} for{G4314} the present{G3918} to be{G1511} not{G3756} joyous{G5479} but{G235} grievous;{G3077} yet{G1161} afterward{G5305} it yieldeth{G591} peaceable{G1516} fruit{G2590} unto them{G2590} that have been exercised{G1128} thereby,{G846} {G1223} [even the fruit] of righteousness.{G1343}
  • Rom 5:3-4 : 3 And{G1161} not{G3756} only{G3440} so, but{G235} we also{G2532} rejoice{G2744} in{G1722} our tribulations:{G2347} knowing{G1492} that{G3754} tribulation{G2347} worketh{G2716} stedfastness;{G5281} 4 and{G1161} stedfastness,{G5281} approvedness;{G1382} and{G1161} approvedness,{G1382} hope:{G1680}
  • Jas 4:8-9 : 8 Draw nigh{G1448} to God,{G2316} and{G2532} he will draw nigh{G1448} to you.{G5213} Cleanse{G2511} your hands,{G5495} ye sinners;{G268} and{G2532} purify{G48} your hearts,{G2588} ye doubleminded.{G1374} 9 Be afflicted,{G5003} and{G2532} mourn,{G3996} and{G2532} weep:{G2799} let{G3344} your{G5216} laughter{G1071} be turned{G3344} to{G1519} mourning,{G3997} and{G2532} your joy{G5479} to{G1519} heaviness.{G2726} 10 Humble yourselves{G5013} in the sight of{G1799} the Lord,{G2962} and{G2532} he shall exalt{G5312} {G5312} you.{G5209}
  • 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For{G1063} our{G2257} light{G1645} affliction,{G2347} which is for the moment,{G3910} worketh{G2716} for us{G2254} {G2596} more and {G5236} more{G1519} exceedingly{G5236} an eternal{G166} weight{G922} of glory;{G1391}
  • Jas 1:2-4 : 2 Count it{G2233} all{G3956} joy,{G5479} my{G3450} brethren,{G80} when{G3752} ye fall{G4045} into manifold{G4164} temptations;{G3986} 3 Knowing{G1097} that{G3754} the proving{G1383} of your{G5216} faith{G4102} worketh{G2716} patience.{G5281} 4 And{G1161} let patience{G5281} have{G2192} [its] perfect{G5046} work,{G2041} that{G2443} ye may be{G5600} perfect{G5046} and{G2532} entire,{G3648} lacking{G3007} in{G1722} nothing.{G3367}
  • Ps 119:67 : 67 Before I was afflicted{H6031} I went astray;{H7683} But now I observe{H8104} thy word.{H565}
  • Ps 119:71 : 71 It is good{H2896} for me that I have been afflicted;{H6031} That I may learn{H3925} thy statutes.{H2706}
  • Ps 126:5-6 : 5 They that sow{H2232} in tears{H1832} shall reap{H7114} in joy.{H7440} 6 He that goeth{H3212} forth{H1980} and weepeth,{H1058} bearing{H5375} seed{H2233} for sowing,{H4901} Shall doubtless{H935} come{H935} again with joy,{H7440} bringing{H5375} his sheaves{H485} [with him].
  • Jer 31:8-9 : 8 Behold, I will bring{H935} them from the north{H6828} country,{H776} and gather{H6908} them from the uttermost parts{H3411} of the earth,{H776} [and] with them the blind{H5787} and the lame,{H6455} the woman with child{H2030} and her that travaileth with child{H3205} together:{H3162} a great{H1419} company{H6951} shall they return{H7725} hither. 9 They shall come{H935} with weeping;{H1065} and with supplications{H8469} will I lead{H2986} them: I will cause them to walk{H3212} by rivers{H5158} of waters,{H4325} in a straight{H3477} way{H1870} wherein they shall not stumble;{H3782} for I am a father{H1} to Israel,{H3478} and Ephraim{H669} is my first-born.{H1060}
  • Jer 31:15-20 : 15 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} A voice{H6963} is heard{H8085} in Ramah,{H7414} lamentation,{H5092} and bitter{H8563} weeping,{H1065} Rachel{H7354} weeping{H1058} for her children;{H1121} she refuseth{H3985} to be comforted{H5162} for her children,{H1121} because they are not. 16 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Refrain{H4513} thy voice{H6963} from weeping,{H1065} and thine eyes{H5869} from tears;{H1832} for thy work{H6468} shall be{H3426} rewarded,{H7939} saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} and they shall come again{H7725} from the land{H776} of the enemy.{H341} 17 And there is{H3426} hope{H8615} for thy latter end,{H319} saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} and [thy] children{H1121} shall come again{H7725} to their own border.{H1366} 18 I have surely{H8085} heard{H8085} Ephraim{H669} bemoaning{H5110} himself [thus], Thou hast chastised{H3256} me, and I was chastised,{H3256} as a calf{H5695} unaccustomed{H3808} [to the yoke]: turn{H7725} thou me, and I shall be turned;{H7725} for thou art Jehovah{H3068} my God.{H430} 19 Surely after{H310} that I was turned,{H7725} I repented;{H5162} and after{H310} that I was instructed,{H3045} I smote{H5606} upon my thigh:{H3409} I was ashamed,{H954} yea, even confounded,{H3637} because I did bear{H5375} the reproach{H2781} of my youth.{H5271} 20 Is Ephraim{H669} my dear{H3357} son?{H1121} is he a darling{H8191} child?{H3206} for as often{H1767} as I speak{H1696} against him, I do earnestly{H2142} remember{H2142} him still: therefore my heart{H4578} yearneth{H1993} for him; I will surely{H7355} have mercy{H7355} upon him, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}
  • Jer 50:4-5 : 4 In those days,{H3117} and in that time,{H6256} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} shall come,{H935} they and the children{H1121} of Judah{H3063} together;{H3162} they shall go{H1980} on their way{H3212} weeping,{H1058} and shall seek{H1245} Jehovah{H3068} their God.{H430} 5 They shall inquire{H7592} concerning{H1870} Zion{H6726} with their faces{H6440} thitherward,{H2008} [saying], Come{H935} ye, and join{H3867} yourselves to Jehovah{H3068} in an everlasting{H5769} covenant{H1285} that shall not be forgotten.{H7911}
  • Dan 9:3-9 : 3 And I set{H5414} my face{H6440} unto the Lord{H136} God,{H430} to seek{H1245} by prayer{H8605} and supplications,{H8469} with fasting{H6685} and sackcloth{H8242} and ashes.{H665} 4 And I prayed{H6419} unto Jehovah{H3068} my God,{H430} and made confession,{H3034} and said,{H559} Oh,{H577} Lord,{H136} the great{H1419} and dreadful{H3372} God,{H410} who keepeth{H8104} covenant{H1285} and lovingkindness{H2617} with them that love{H157} him and keep{H8104} his commandments,{H4687} 5 we have sinned,{H2398} and have dealt perversely,{H5753} and have done wickedly,{H7561} and have rebelled,{H4775} even turning aside{H5493} from thy precepts{H4687} and from thine ordinances;{H4941} 6 neither have we hearkened{H8085} unto thy servants{H5650} the prophets,{H5030} that spake{H1696} in thy name{H8034} to our kings,{H4428} our princes,{H8269} and our fathers,{H1} and to all the people{H5971} of the land.{H776} 7 O Lord,{H136} righteousness{H6666} belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion{H1322} of face,{H6440} as at this day;{H3117} to the men{H376} of Judah,{H3063} and to the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem,{H3389} and unto all Israel,{H3478} that are near,{H7138} and that are far off,{H7350} through all the countries{H776} whither thou hast driven{H5080} them, because of their trespass{H4604} that they have trespassed{H4603} against thee. 8 O Lord,{H136} to us belongeth confusion{H1322} of face,{H6440} to our kings,{H4428} to our princes,{H8269} and to our fathers,{H1} because we have sinned{H2398} against thee. 9 To the Lord{H136} our God{H430} belong mercies{H7356} and forgiveness;{H5547} for we have rebelled{H4775} against him; 10 neither have we obeyed{H8085} the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} to walk{H3212} in his laws,{H8451} which he set{H5414} before{H6440} us by{H3027} his servants{H5650} the prophets.{H5030} 11 Yea, all Israel{H3478} have transgressed{H5674} thy law,{H8451} even turning aside,{H5493} that they should not obey{H8085} thy voice:{H6963} therefore hath the curse{H423} been poured{H5413} out upon us, and the oath{H7621} that is written{H3789} in the law{H8451} of Moses{H4872} the servant{H5650} of God;{H430} for we have sinned{H2398} against him. 12 And he hath confirmed{H6965} his words,{H1697} which he spake{H1696} against us, and against our judges{H8199} that judged{H8199} us, by bringing{H935} upon us a great{H1419} evil;{H7451} for under the whole heaven{H8064} hath not been done{H6213} as hath been done{H6213} upon Jerusalem.{H3389} 13 As it is written{H3789} in the law{H8451} of Moses,{H4872} all this evil{H7451} is come{H935} upon us: yet have we not entreated{H2470} the favor{H6440} of Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} that we should turn{H7725} from our iniquities,{H5771} and have discernment{H7919} in thy truth.{H571} 14 Therefore hath Jehovah{H3068} watched{H8245} over the evil,{H7451} and brought{H935} it upon us; for Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} is righteous{H6662} in all his works{H4639} which he doeth,{H6213} and we have not obeyed{H8085} his voice.{H6963} 15 And now, O Lord{H136} our God,{H430} that hast brought{H3318} thy people{H5971} forth{H3318} out of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714} with a mighty{H2389} hand,{H3027} and hast gotten{H6213} thee renown,{H8034} as at this day;{H3117} we have sinned,{H2398} we have done wickedly.{H7561} 16 O Lord,{H136} according to all thy righteousness,{H6666} let thine anger{H639} and thy wrath,{H2534} I pray thee, be turned away{H7725} from thy city{H5892} Jerusalem,{H3389} thy holy{H6944} mountain;{H2022} because for our sins,{H2399} and for the iniquities{H5771} of our fathers,{H1} Jerusalem{H3389} and thy people{H5971} are become a reproach{H2781} to all that are round about{H5439} us. 17 Now therefore, O our God,{H430} hearken{H8085} unto the prayer{H8605} of thy servant,{H5650} and to his supplications,{H8469} and cause thy face{H6440} to shine{H215} upon thy sanctuary{H4720} that is desolate,{H8076} for the Lord's{H136} sake. 18 O my God,{H430} incline{H5186} thine ear,{H241} and hear;{H8085} open{H6491} thine eyes,{H5869} and behold{H7200} our desolations,{H8074} and the city{H5892} which is called{H7121} by thy name:{H8034} for we do not present{H5307} our supplications{H8469} before{H6440} thee for our righteousness,{H6666} but for thy great{H7227} mercies'{H7356} sake. 19 O Lord,{H136} hear;{H8085} O Lord,{H136} forgive;{H5545} O Lord,{H136} hearken{H7181} and do;{H6213} defer{H309} not,{H408} for thine own sake, O my God,{H430} because thy city{H5892} and thy people{H5971} are called{H7121} by thy name.{H8034}
  • Dan 10:2-3 : 2 In those days{H3117} I, Daniel,{H1840} was mourning{H56} three{H7969} whole{H3117} weeks.{H7620} 3 I ate{H398} no pleasant{H2532} bread,{H3899} neither came{H935} flesh{H1320} nor wine{H3196} into my mouth,{H6310} neither did I anoint{H5480} myself at all,{H5480} till three{H7969} whole{H3117} weeks{H7620} were fulfilled.{H4390}
  • Dan 10:19 : 19 And he said,{H559} O man{H376} greatly beloved,{H2532} fear{H3372} not: peace{H7965} be unto thee, be strong,{H2388} yea, be strong.{H2388} And when he spake{H1696} unto me, I was strengthened,{H2388} and said,{H559} Let my lord{H113} speak;{H1696} for thou hast strengthened{H2388} me.
  • Zech 12:10-14 : 10 And I will pour{H8210} upon the house{H1004} of David,{H1732} and upon the inhabitants{H3427} of Jerusalem,{H3389} the spirit{H7307} of grace{H2580} and of supplication;{H8469} and they shall look{H5027} unto me whom they have pierced;{H1856} and they shall mourn{H4553} for him, as one mourneth{H5594} for his only{H3173} son, and shall be in bitterness{H4843} for him, as one that is in bitterness{H4843} for his first-born.{H1060} 11 In that day{H3117} shall there be a great{H1431} mourning{H4553} in Jerusalem,{H3389} as the mourning{H4553} of Hadadrimmon{H1910} in the valley{H1237} of Megiddon.{H4023} 12 And the land{H776} shall mourn,{H5594} every{H4940} family{H4940} apart;{H905} the family{H4940} of the house{H1004} of David{H1732} apart, and their wives{H802} apart; the family{H4940} of the house{H1004} of Nathan{H5416} apart, and their wives{H802} apart; 13 the family{H4940} of the house{H1004} of Levi{H3878} apart, and their wives{H802} apart; the family{H4940} of the Shimeites{H8097} apart, and their wives{H802} apart; 14 all the families{H4940} that remain,{H7604} every family{H4940} apart, and their wives{H802} apart.
  • Luke 6:21 : 21 Blessed{G3107} [are] ye that hunger{G3983} now:{G3568} for{G3754} ye shall be filled.{G5526} Blessed{G3107} [are] ye that weep{G2799} now:{G3568} for{G3754} ye shall laugh.{G1070}
  • Luke 6:25 : 25 Woe{G3759} unto you,{G5213} ye that are full{G1705} now! for{G3754} ye shall hunger.{G3983} Woe{G3759} [unto you],{G5213} ye that laugh{G1070} now!{G3568} for{G3754} ye shall mourn{G3996} and{G2532} weep.{G2799}
  • John 16:20-22 : 20 Verily,{G281} verily,{G281} I say{G3004} unto you,{G5213} that{G3754} ye{G5210} shall weep{G2799} and{G2532} lament,{G2354} but{G1161} the world{G2889} shall rejoice:{G5463} {G1161} ye{G5210} shall be sorrowful,{G3076} but{G235} your{G5216} sorrow{G3077} shall be turned{G1096} into{G1519} joy.{G5479} 21 A woman{G1135} when{G3752} she is in travail{G5088} hath{G2192} sorrow,{G3077} because{G3754} her{G846} hour{G5610} is come:{G2064} but{G1161} when{G3752} she is delivered{G1080} of the child,{G3813} she remembereth{G3421} no{G3756} more{G2089} the anguish,{G2347} for{G1223} the joy{G5479} that{G3754} a man{G444} is born{G1080} into{G1519} the world.{G2889} 22 And{G2532} ye{G5210} therefore{G3767} {G3303} now{G3568} have{G2192} sorrow:{G3077} but{G1161} I will see{G3700} you{G5209} again,{G3825} and{G2532} your{G5216} heart{G2588} shall rejoice,{G5463} and{G2532} your{G5216} joy{G5479} no one{G3762} taketh{G142} away from{G575} you.{G5216}