Luke 6:25
Woe to you who have been filled—because you will hunger. Woe to you who are laughing now—because you will mourn and weep.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
24But woe to you—the rich, because you have gotten your comfort.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:5The satiated hired themselves for bread, || And the hungry have ceased. While the barren has borne seven, || And she abounding with sons has languished.
Job 21:11They send forth their sucklings as a flock, || And their children skip,
Psalms 49:19It comes to the generation of his fathers, || They do not see the light forever.
Proverbs 30:9Lest I become satiated, and have denied, || And have said, “Who [is] YHWH?” And lest I am poor, and have stolen, || And have laid hold of the Name of my God.
Ecclesiastes 7:3Better [is] sorrow than laughter, || For by the sadness of the face the heart becomes better.
Isaiah 8:21And it has passed over into it, hardened and hungry, || And it has come to pass, || That it is hungry, and has been angry, || And made light of its king, and of its God, || And has looked upwards.
Matthew Henry on Luke 6:21-27
Blessings and Woes. 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. 22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the… Read the whole commentary →