Cross references
Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow is better than laughter,
for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:3 has 19 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 15 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to 2 Corinthians 7:9–11 (12 votes) and Romans 5:3–4 (8 votes). 8 other verses point back to it. It links with 11 other books, from Esther 1 to James 4.
Which verses does Ecclesiastes 7:3 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- 2 Corinthians 7:9–1112 votes
yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us. Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. …
- Romans 5:3–48 votes
Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.
- James 4:8–107 votes
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom. …
- John 16:20–226 votes
Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. …
- Jeremiah 31:15–205 votes
This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy. …
- 2 Corinthians 4:175 votes
For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
- Hebrews 12:10–115 votes
Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness. No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
- James 1:2–45 votes
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you encounter trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. …
- Psalm 119:674 votes
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
- Psalm 119:714 votes
It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
- Jeremiah 31:8–94 votes
- Daniel 10:194 votes
- Zechariah 12:10–144 votes
- Luke 6:214 votes
- Luke 6:254 votes
Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
- Psalm 126:5–63 votes
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy. He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.
- Jeremiah 50:4–53 votes
- Daniel 9:3–193 votes
- Daniel 10:2–33 votes
Which verses point to Ecclesiastes 7:3?
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