8 Bible Verses about Heaviness

to {give} for those in mourning in Zion, to give them a head wrap instead of ashes, [the] oil of joy instead of mourning, a garment of praise instead of a faint spirit. And {they will be called} oaks of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, to show his glory.

Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloominess.

Even in laughter, a heart may be sad, and the end of joy [may be] grief.

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father glad, but a foolish child grieves his mother.

that my grief is great and [there is] constant distress in my heart.

in which you rejoice greatly, [although] now for a short time, if necessary, you are distressed by various trials,

Anxiety in the heart of a man will weigh him down, but a good word will cheer him.

For indeed he was sick, coming near to death, but God had mercy on him and not [on] him only, but also [on] me, so that I would not have grief upon grief.