Luke 6:25
Woe to you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe to you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
24But woe to you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
26Woe to you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:5They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath borne seven; and she that hath many children is become feeble.
Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
Psalms 49:19He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light.
Proverbs 30:9Lest I be full, and deny thee , and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain .
Ecclesiastes 7:3Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.
Isaiah 8:21And they shall pass through it, distressed and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, 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 →