Luke 6:21 promises that those who weep now will laugh—reinforcing Paul's point that weeping is transient and will be overturned.

Luke 16:25 shows the rich man's joy turned to torment and Lazarus's suffering to comfort—illustrating the temporal nature Paul describes here.

John 16:22 promises that sorrow will turn to permanent joy—the very reason Paul says to weep as if not weeping.

Ezekiel 24:18 records the prophet not mourning his wife's death—a direct enactment of Paul's principle to weep as though not weeping.

James 4:13 warns against presuming on future business plans—echoing Paul's call to buy as though not possessing.

Luke 6:25 warns that present laughter will turn to mourning—highlighting the same transience of joy that Paul urges believers to hold loosely.

Revelation 18:7 shows Babylon's delusion of eternal joy—contrasting with Paul's call to hold joy loosely as transient.