Luke 6:25
Alas! for you, ye who are filled full now, for ye shall hunger. Alas! ye that laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
24But alas! for you, ye wealthy, for ye are duly receiving you consolation.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:5The sated, have, for bread, taken hire, But, the famished, have left off their toil,—So that, the barren, hath given birth unto seven, While, she that hath many sons, languisheth:
Job 21:11They send forth—like a flock—their young ones, and, their children, skip about for joy;
Psalms 49:19He shall enter as far as the circle of his fathers, Nevermore, shall they see the light.
Proverbs 30:9Lest I be full, and deny, and say—Who is Yahweh? or lest I be impoverished and steal, and do violence to the Name of my God.
Ecclesiastes 7:3Better is grief than laughter,—for, by the marring of the face, amended is the heart.
Isaiah 8:21Therefore shall they pass through it hard pressed and hungry,—And it shall be when they hunger, then will they rage and revile their king and their god and turn their faces 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 →