Jesus Pronounces Woes

Luke 6

24 k "But woe to you who are rich, l for you m have received your consolation.

25 "Woe to you who are full now, for n you shall be hungry. "Woe to o you who laugh now, o for you shall mourn and weep.

26 "Woe to you, p when all people speak well of you, for q so their fathers did to r the false prophets.

  1. Cross References
    Amos 6:1
    Woe to those who are at ease in Zion, and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria, the notable men of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes!
    James 5:1
    Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you.
    Luke 12:21
    So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.
  2. Cross References
    Luke 16:25
    But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.
  3. Cross References
    Matthew 6:2
    Thus, when you give to the needy, sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 65:13
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : "Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame.
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 65:14
    Behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart, but you shall cry out for pain of heart and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
    Proverbs 14:13
    Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.
    James 4:9
    Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 65:14
    Behold, my servants shall sing for gladness of heart, but you shall cry out for pain of heart and shall wail for breaking of spirit.
    Proverbs 14:13
    Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.
    James 4:9
    Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
  7. Cross References
    John 15:19
    If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
    John 17:14
    I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
    James 4:4
    You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
    1 John 4:5
    They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.
  8. Cross References
    Jeremiah 5:31
    The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
    Isaiah 30:10
    Who say to the seers, "Do not see," and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us what is right; speak to us smooth things, prophesy illusions.
    Micah 2:11
    If a man should go about and utter wind and lies, saying, "I will preach to you of wine and strong drink," he would be the preacher for this people!
  9. Cross References
    Matthew 7:15
    Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
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