Luke 6:25
Woe to you that are full now! for ye will hunger. Woe to you that laugh now! for ye will mourn and weep.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
24But woe to you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
26Woe, when all men speak well of you! for so did their fathers of the false prophets.
Cross References
Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.
Psalms 49:19Yet shalt thou go to the dwelling-place of thy fathers, Who never more shall see the light!
Proverbs 30:9Lest I be full, and deny thee, And say, “Who is the LORD?” Or lest I be poor, and steal, And violate the name of my God.
Ecclesiastes 7:3Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Isaiah 8:21They shall pass through the land distressed and famished; And when they are famished, they shall be enraged, and curse their king and their God, And look upward.
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 →