1 Corinthians 7:30

World English Bible (2000)

and those who weep, as though they didn't weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn't rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn't possess;

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  • Ps 30:5 : 5 For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
  • Ps 126:5-6 : 5 Those who sow in tears will reap in joy. 6 He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves. A Song of Ascents. By Solomon.
  • Eccl 3:4 : 4 a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
  • Isa 25:8 : 8 He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.
  • Isa 30:19 : 19 For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you.
  • Luke 6:21 : 21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
  • Luke 6:25 : 25 Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 "But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in the same way, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.
  • John 16:22 : 22 Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
  • Rev 7:17 : 17 for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
  • Rev 18:7 : 7 However much she glorified herself, and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, 'I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.'

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    31 and those who use the world, as not using it to the fullest. For the mode of this world passes away.

    32 But I desire to have you to be free from cares. He who is unmarried is concerned for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord;

  • 1 Cor 7:29
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    29 But I say this, brothers: the time is short, that from now on, both those who have wives may be as though they had none;

  • Ezek 7:12-13
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    12 The time is come, the day draws near: don't let the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for wrath is on all its multitude.

    13 For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they be yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude of it, none shall return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life.

  • 2 Cor 6:9-10
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    9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;

    10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

  • Rom 12:15
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    15 Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

  • Luke 7:32
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    32 They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'

  • Isa 24:7-8
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    7 The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.

    8 The mirth of tambourines ceases. The sound of those who rejoice ends. The joy of the harp ceases.

  • Jer 16:7
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    7 neither shall men break [bread] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

  • Rev 18:11
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    11 The merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their merchandise any more;

  • 1 Tim 6:7-8
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    7 For we brought nothing into the world, and we certainly can't carry anything out.

    8 But having food and clothing, we will be content with that.

  • Jas 4:9
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    9 Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

  • Eccl 7:2-4
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    2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.

    3 Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

    4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

  • 1 Thess 4:12-13
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    12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

    13 But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

  • Luke 6:24-25
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    24 "But woe to you who are rich! For you have received your consolation.

    25 Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

  • Jas 4:13
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    13 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow let's go into this city, and spend a year there, trade, and make a profit."

  • John 16:20
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    20 Most certainly I tell you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

  • 1 Thess 5:7
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    7 For those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunk are drunk in the night.

  • Luke 12:33
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    33 Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don't grow old, a treasure in the heavens that doesn't fail, where no thief approaches, neither moth destroys.

  • 2 Cor 7:9-10
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    9 I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.

    10 For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.

  • Ps 126:5
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    5 Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.

  • Luke 17:31
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    31 In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away. Let him who is in the field likewise not turn back.

  • Matt 5:4
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    4 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

  • Rev 18:15
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    15 The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her, will stand far away for the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning;

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    1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming on you.

  • Luke 6:21
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    21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

  • Prov 13:7
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    7 There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.

  • Ps 129:7
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    7 with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

  • Matt 9:15
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    15 Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

  • Job 27:15
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    15 Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.

  • Luke 12:15
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    15 He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."

  • Isa 22:12-13
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    12 In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth:

    13 and behold, joy and gladness, killing cattle and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die."

  • Eph 5:7
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    7 Therefore don't be partakers with them.

  • Mark 13:16
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    16 Let him who is in the field not return back to take his cloak.

  • Jer 16:5
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    5 For thus says Yahweh, Don't enter into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says Yahweh, even loving kindness and tender mercies.

  • 1 Cor 7:27
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    27 Are you bound to a wife? Don't seek to be freed. Are you free from a wife? Don't seek a wife.

  • 1 Cor 7:35
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    35 This I say for your own profit; not that I may ensnare you, but for that which is appropriate, and that you may attend to the Lord without distraction.

  • Job 21:13
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    13 They spend their days in prosperity. In an instant they go down to Sheol.

  • Joel 1:8
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    8 Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!

  • Luke 17:28
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    28 Likewise, even as it happened in the days of Lot: they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built;