John 16:20

Jesus solemnly tells them they will weep and mourn while the world rejoices, but their sorrow will turn into joy. Grief at His death will give way to resurrection joy.

Cross-references · 40

• Jas 1:2Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds,
• Matt 5:4Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
• Rev 7:14–17“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Ps 126:5–6Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
• Mark 16:10She went and told those who had been with Him, who were mourning and weeping.
• Jer 31:25for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.”
• 1 Pet 1:6–8In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
• 2 Cor 6:10sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
• Ps 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
• Luke 24:21But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.
• Ps 30:11You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
• Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
• Rom 5:11Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
• Isa 61:3to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.
• Luke 23:27A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.
• Ps 40:1–3For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
• Gal 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
• Rom 5:2–3through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
• Luke 24:17He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.
• Ps 97:11Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.
• Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
• Luke 22:62And he went outside and wept bitterly.
• John 16:6Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.
• Acts 5:41The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.
• 2 Th 2:16–17Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who by grace has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope,
• Rev 11:10And those who dwell on the earth will gloat over them, and will celebrate and send one another gifts, because these two prophets had tormented them.
• Isa 25:8–9He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
• Jer 31:9–14They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
• Isa 66:5You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified that we may see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
• Luke 22:45When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.
• Luke 6:21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
• Mark 14:72And immediately the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times.” And he broke down and wept.
• Isa 12:1In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
• Acts 2:46–47With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
• Rev 18:7As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’
• John 16:33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
• Matt 27:39–44And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
• 1 Th 1:6And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.
• Matt 27:62–66The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.
• John 20:20After He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

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