Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.
Parallel translations
- KJV Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
- BSB Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
- NKJV Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
- NASB Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
- NLT Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep.
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Quick answer
Share others' joys and sorrows: rejoice with the glad and weep with the grieving.
Overview
Paul calls for deep, empathetic fellowship within the body of Christ. Genuine love enters into others' experiences, celebrating their joys and sharing their griefs. This mutual sympathy reflects the unity of believers who are 'members one of another.'
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 18
- 1 Cor 12:26When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
- Heb 13:3Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.
- Ps 35:13–14But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.
- John 11:33–36When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
- Job 30:25Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?
- Luke 1:58Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy towards her, and they rejoiced with her.
- Phil 2:17–18Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
- Jer 9:1Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
- Acts 11:23who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.
- Luke 15:5–10When he has found it, he carries it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
- Isa 66:10–14“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her. Rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her;
- 2 Cor 2:3And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.
- John 11:19Many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.
- Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
- Neh 1:4When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
- Phil 2:28I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
- 2 Cor 11:29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?
- Phil 2:26since he longed for you all, and was very troubled, because you had heard that he was sick.
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