James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and joy to heaviness.
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7 Submit yourselves therefore to Elohim. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
8 Draw nigh to Elohim, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse hands, sinners; and purify hearts, double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if you judge the law, you art not a doer of the law, but a judge.