Jesus Pronounces Woes

Luke 6

²⁴ "But _c woe to you _d who are rich,
For _e you have received your consolation.

²⁵ _f Woe to you who are full,
For you shall hunger.
_g Woe to you who laugh now,
For you shall mourn and _h weep.

²⁶ _i Woe ₁ to you when ₂ all men speak well of you,
For so did their fathers to the false prophets.

1. Cross References
   Amos 6:1
   Woe to you who are at ease in Zion, And trust in Mount Samaria, Notable persons in the chief nation, To whom the house of Israel comes!
   Luke 12:21
   "So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
   James 5:1 - 6
   Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that are coming upon you!
   
2. Cross References
   Luke 12:21
   "So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God."
   
3. Cross References
   Matthew 6:2
   Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
   Matthew 6:5
   And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
   Matthew 6:16
   Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.
   Luke 16:25
   But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted and you are tormented.
   
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 ashamed.
   
5. Cross References
   Proverbs 14:13
   Even in laughter the heart may sorrow, And the end of mirth may be grief.
   
6. Cross References
   James 4:9
   Lament 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 its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
   1 John 4:5
   They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them.
   

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