105 sure-fire ways to go to hell (according to the Bible)

In a previous post, I tried to find all of the ways that a person can get saved -- according to the Bible, anyway. There were more than 200 on that list. But as I looked it over, some of the ways seemed to be more about avoiding hell than obtaining heaven. So I thought I'd start a separate list on the biblical way to go to hell. That way you can decide where you want to go after you die and know (for sure) how to get there.

So here goes. I'll add to the list as I find more ways.

1. Hang out with strange and foolish women.

   Keep thee from the strange woman ... Her house is the way to hell. 7:5-27

   For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil ... her steps take hold on hell.

   A foolish woman ... knoweth nothing. For she sitteth at the door of her house ... to call passengers who go right on their ways ... she saith to him, Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. Proverbs 9:13-18

2. Hang on a tree.

   Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree. Galatians 3:13

3. Offend the little ones.

   It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. Luke 17:2, Matthew 18:6, Mark 9:32

4. Give yourself over to fornication and go after strange flesh.

   As Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Jude 1:7

5. Say long prayers.

   Beware of [those who] make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. Mark 12:38-40, Luke 20:46-47

6. Defile the temple of God.

   If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy. 1 Corinthians 3:17

7. Don't feed the hungry, give water to the thirsty, clothe the naked, or visit the sick or imprisoned.

   Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment. Matthew 25:41-46

8. Don't be justified by Jesus's blood.

   Being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath. Romans 5:9

9. Get rich.

   But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. Luke 6:24

   Ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. James 5:1

10. Walk in long robes, say "Hi" to people in at the store, and sit in the best seats.

    Beware of [those who] walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts ... the same shall receive greater damnation. Luke 20:46-47, Mark 12:38-40

11. Become a child of disobedience; walk in this world using the power of the prince of the air.

    In time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience. Ephesians 2:2

12. Do something offensive to angels.

    The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 13:41-42

13. Become a sinful angel.

    God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell. 2 Peter 2:4

14. Don't know God or obey the gospel of Jesus.

    In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9

15. Don't accept the free gift.

    By the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. Romans 5:18

16. Get drunk and worry about stuff; don't bother watching or praying.

    And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:34-36

17. Reject Jesus (the cornerstone). Then the cornerstone will fall on you (or you'll fall on it) and smash you to pieces.

    Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner ... whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. Matthew 21:42-44

    He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. John 12:48

18. Be a bad fruit tree.

    Every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Matthew 3:10, Matthew 7:19, Luke 3:9

19. Be a plant that wasn't planted by Jesus's father.

    Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Matthew 15:13

20. Bear some thorns and briers.

    That which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. Hebrews 6:8

21. Be an an evil servant that says, "My lord is a bit late in his coming."

    if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming ... The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 24:48-51

22. Be an unprofitable servant.

    Cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 25:30

23. Don't abide in Jesus.

    If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. John 15:6

24. Be an enemy of Jesus.

    But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. Luke 19:27

25. Don't forgive your brother for his trespasses.

    His lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. Matthew 18:35-36

26. Don't wear a wedding garment.

    Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 22:12-13

27. Be well fed.

    Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Luke 6:25

28. Be a false prophet or believe damnable heresies.

    But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. 2 Peter 2:1-3

29. Say some things that will get your condemned.

    By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. Matthew 12:37

30. Enter through the wide gate.

    Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. Matthew 7:13

    Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Luke 13:23-24

31. Prophesy, cast out devils, and do wonderful things in Jesus's name, while working a bit of iniquity.

    Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Matthew 7:22-23

32. Be the chaff that Jesus will burn.

    He [Jesus] that cometh after me [John the Baptist] is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Matthew 3:10, Luke 3:16-17

33. Be the one from whom offences come.

    Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! Matthew 18:7

    Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! Luke 17:1

34. Find your life.

    He that findeth his life shall lose it. Matthew 10:39

35. Try to save your life.

    Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it. Luke 17:33

    Whosoever will save his life shall lose it. Matthew 16:25

36. Don't knock until Jesus shuts the door.

    When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. Luke 13:25-28

37. Do evil.

    And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. John 5:29

38. Be wicked.

    The wicked shall be turned into hell. Psalm 9:17

    So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 13:49-50

39. Move to a country that forgets God.

    The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.Psalm 9:17

40. Have some wickedness in your house.

    Let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings. Psalm 55:15

41. Be a child of wrath. Have lusts in your flesh, and fulfill the desires of the flesh in your mind.

    Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. Ephesians 2:3

42. Criticize Paul.

    For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. Romans 3:7-8

43. Rejoice.

    Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. Isaiah 5:14

44. Be an enemy of the cross of Christ.

    For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: Whose end is destruction. Philippians 3:18-19

45. Make your belly your God, glory in shame, and pay attention to earthly things.

    For many walk ... whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. Philippians 3:18-19

46. Get angry with your brother.

    Whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. Matthew 5:22

47. Call someone a fool.

    Whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Matthew 5:22

48. Don't cut off your hand or pluck out your eye if they offend you.

    And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. Matthew 5:29-30, 18:8-9; Mark 9:43-48

49. Don't receive Jesus's followers.

    And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. Matthew 10:4-15, Mark 6:11, Luke 10:10-12

50. Become a young widow, wax wanton against Christ, and cast off your first faith.

    But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith. 1 Timothy 5:11-12

51. Turn aside after Satan, learn to be idle, become a tattler and a busybody wandering about from house to house.

    And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. ... For some are already turned aside after Satan. 1 Timothy 5:13-15

52. Be the child of a prophet killer.

    Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets ... how can ye escape the damnation of hell? Matthew 23:31-33

    Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. Luke 11:47-48

53. Devour widows' houses.

    Woe unto you, ... for ye devour widows' houses ... therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Matthew 23:14, Mark 20:40, Luke 20:47

54. Be a serpent.

    Ye serpents ... how can ye escape the damnation of hell? -- Matthew 23:31-33

55. Be a scribe or a Pharisee.

    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Luke 11:44

56. Go to law school.

    Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! Luke 11:46

    Woe unto you, lawyers! Luke 11:52

57. Move to Chorazin, Bethsaida, or Capernaum.

    Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell. Matthew 11:21-23, Luke 10:13-15

58. Join the Jesus generation.

    The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. Matthew 12:41

    That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. Luke 11:50-51

59. Belong to the generation of vipers.

    Ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? -- Matthew 23:31-33

60. Get destroyed by the spirit of the Lord's mouth for failing to receive the love of truth.

    The Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth ... them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 2 Thessalonians 2:8-10

61. Don't fear the person who has the power to cast you into hell.

    Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. Luke 12:5

62. Receive good things in your lifetime.

    And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. Luke 16:22-25

63. Defile your whole body with your tongue.

    The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. James 3:6

64. Don't believe.

    He that believeth not shall be damned. Mark 16:16

65. Doubt.

    He that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. Romans 14:23

66. Be deluded by God.

    And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12

67. Don't believe the Son.

    He that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. John 3:36

68. Don't believe in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

    He that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.John 3:18

69. Be a vessel of wrath fitted to destruction.

    What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction? Romans 9:22

70. Be an unclean, covetous, idolatrous whoremonger.

    No whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Ephesians 5:5-6

71. Be a child of disobedience: an inordinately affectionate, unclean, evil, concupiscent fornicator with unmortified members.

    Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience. Colossians 3:5-6

72. Kill Jesus and your own prophets, displease God, be contrary to everybody, don't allow preaching to Gentiles, and fill up your sins always.

    Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. 1 Thessalonians 2:15-16

73. Preach another gospel besides the gospel of Paul.

    But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. Galatians 1:8-9

74. Hide Paul's gospel.

    If our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost. 2 Corinthians 4:3

75. Get snared by the devil.

    That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. 2 Timothy 2:26

76. Get devoured by the devil.

    The devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. 1 Peter 5:8

77. Be under the works of the law.

    As many as are of the works of the law are under the curse. ... Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law. Galatians 3:10-13

78. Worship the beast and receive his mark on your forehead.

    If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God ... and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone. Revelation 14:9-10

79. Keep your name out of the book of life.

    Whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Revelation 20:15

80. Be blinded by Satan.

    In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 2 Corinthians 4:4

81. Be blinded by God.

    Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. ... God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. ... Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. -- Romans 11:7-10

82. Be a reprobate.

    Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. 2 Corinthians 13:6

83. Love your family more than Jesus.

    He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Matthew 10:37

84. Don't love Jesus.

    If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema. 1 Corinthians 16:22

85. Despise government, walk after the flesh, and lust after uncleanness.

    The Lord knoweth how ... to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. -- 2 Peter 2:9-10

86. Do some works of the flesh. Start with some adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like, and go from there.

    Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. Galatians 5:19-21

87. Resist the powers that be.

    Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. -- Romans 13:2

88. Don't repent.

    Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13:3

    Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13:5

89. Fall away after you're saved.

    For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance. -- Hebrews 6:4-6

90. Turn from the holy commandment. (Eat your own vomit.)

    For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. -- 2 Peter 2:21-22

91. Blaspheme the Holy Ghost

    He that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. -- Mark 3:29, Matthew 12:31-32, Luke 12:10

92. Sow to your flesh and skip to my lou.

    He that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption. Galatians 6:8

93. Let God make you wicked.

    The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. -- Proverbs 16:4

94. Be a Jew.

    But the children of the kingdom [the Jews] shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- Matthew 8:12

95. Be an unrighteous fornicator, idolater, adulterer, thief, drunkard, reviler, of extortioner. If that doesn't work try being effeminate or abuse yourself with mankind.

    The unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. -- 1 Corinthians 6:9-10

96. Be a fearful, unbelieving, abominable, murdering, whore mongering, sorcerer, idolater, or liar.

    The fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. -- Revelation 21:8

97. Let your eye become evil.

    But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! -- Matthew 6:23

    When thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Luke 11:34

98. Eat and drink unworthily.

    For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 1 Corinthians 11:29

99. Be ashamed of Jesus.

    Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. -- Mark 8:38, Luke 9:26

100. Deny Jesus

     He that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. Luke 12:9

     If we deny him, he also will deny us. 2 Timothy 2:12

101. Get people to say nice things about you.

     Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! -- Luke 6:26

102. Don't expect Jesus to return any time soon.

     The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. Luke 12:46-47

103. Be a friend to the world.

     Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. -- James 4:4

104. Get circumcised.

     Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing ... ye are fallen from grace. -- Galatians 5:2-4

105. Laugh now!

     Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. -- Luke 6:25