8 Bible Verses about Heaviness

to provide for those who grieve in Zion to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, a mantle of praise instead of a spirit of despair." "Then people will call them "Oaks of Righteousness", "The Planting of the LORD", in order to display his splendor.

Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom.

Even in laughter there may be heartache, and at the end of joy there may be grief.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grieves his mother.

I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart,

You greatly rejoice in this, even though you have to suffer various kinds of trials for a little while,

A person's anxiety weighs down his heart, but an appropriate word is encouraging.

Indeed, he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one sorrow on top of another.