20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Blessing and Curse
• Judgment
• Peace

• The Rich Man and Lazarus

9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1John 2:15 — Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
• 1Sam 2:5 — They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
• 1Thess 3:3 — That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
• 1Tim 6:19 — Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
• Acts 14:22 — Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
• Dan 5:22 — And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;
• Dan 5:30 — In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
• Eccl 7:8 — Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
• Gal 6:7 — Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
• Heb 11:25 — Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
• Heb 11:25 — Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
• Jas 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• Jas 4:9 — Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
• Jas 5:5 — Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
• Job 21:13 — They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
• Job 22:18 — Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
• John 16:22 — And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
• John 16:33 — These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
• Lam 1:7 — Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her:
• Luke 6:24 — But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
• Luke 10:42 — But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
• Luke 16:20 — And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
• Luke 16:23 — And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
• Mark 9:45 — And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
• Matt 5:4 — Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
• Matt 13:12 — For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
• Matt 16:26 — For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
• Phil 3:19 — Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
• Prov 23:18 — For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
• Ps 17:14 — From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of
• Ps 17:14 — From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of
• Ps 37:35 — I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
• Ps 49:11 — Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
• Ps 73:12 — Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
• Ps 77:8 — Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
• Rev 7:14 — And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Rev 14:13 — And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do foll
• Rev 18:14 — And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
• Rom 8:7 — Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.