Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Parallel translations
- WEB Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who 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 12:26And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
- Heb 13:3Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
- Ps 35:13–14But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
- John 11:33–36When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
- Job 30:25Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?
- Luke 1:58And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
- Phil 2:17–18Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
- Jer 9:1Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
- Acts 11:23Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
- Luke 15:5–10And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
- Isa 66:10–14Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
- 2 Cor 2:3And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
- John 11:19And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
- Job 2:11Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
- Neh 1:4And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
- Phil 2:28I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
- 2 Cor 11:29Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
- Phil 2:26For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
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