3 Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the ^asadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

  12 And in that day did the Lord God of hosts ^acall to ^bweeping, and to mourning, and to ^cbaldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

  17 Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, ^aweep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy ^bpeople, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to ^creproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

  9 ^aBe afflicted, and mourn, and ^bweep: let your laughter be turned to ^cmourning, and your joy to heaviness.

  17 And it came to pass that as I was thus ^aracked with torment, while I was ^bharrowed up by the ^cmemory of my many sins, behold, I ^dremembered also to have heard my father prophesy unto the people concerning the coming of one Jesus Christ, a Son of God, to atone for the sins of the world.

  29 And now, my son, I desire that ye should let these things ^atrouble you no more, and only let your sins trouble you, with that trouble which shall bring you down unto repentance.