Job 30:31
30:31 My harp is used for mourning
and my flute for the sound of weeping.
Proverbs 14:13
14:13 Even in laughter the heart may ache,
and the end of joy may be grief.
Ecclesiastes 2:2
2:2 I said of partying, “It is folly,”
and of self-indulgent pleasure, “It accomplishes nothing!”
Ecclesiastes 7:6
7:6 For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot,
so is the laughter of the fool.
This kind of folly also is useless.
Lamentations 5:15
5:15 Our hearts no longer have any joy;
our dancing is turned to mourning.
Luke 6:25
6:25 “Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry.
“Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
Luke 16:25
16:25 But Abraham said, ‘Child,
remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.
Revelation 18:7-8
18:7 As much as
she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury,
to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself,
‘I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!’
18:8 For this reason, she will experience her plagues
in a single day: disease,
mourning,
and famine, and she will be burned down
with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!”