69 Bible Verses about Sorrow

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Psalm 13:1-2

To the overseer; chanting of David. How long, O Jehovah, wilt thou wholly forget me? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Psalm 31:9

Pity me, O Jehovah, for straits are to me: mine eye fell away; with trouble my soul and my belly.

Jeremiah 20:18

Wherefore this came I forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, and my days shall be finished with shame?

Isaiah 38:2-3

And Hezekiah will turn his face to the wall and pray to Jehovah. And he will say, O Jehovah, remember now how I went before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and I did the good in thine eyes: And Hezekiah will weep a great weeping.

Psalm 6:1-7

To the overseer upon the stringed instruments upon the octave, chanting of David. O Jehovah, not in thine anger wilt thou correct me, and not in thy wrath wilt thou chastise me. Compassionate me, O Jehovah, for I languish: heal me, O Jehovah, for my bones trembled. My soul trembled exceedingly: and thou, O Jehovah, how long?read more.
Turn back, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: save me for sake of thy mercy. For in death none remembering thee: in hades who shall give thanks to thee? I was wearied with my sighing all the night I shall make my bed to swim with my tears; I shall make my couch to flow. Mine eye fell away from grief; it grew old among all mine enemies.

1 Samuel 1:16

Thou wilt not give thy servant before a daughter of Belial, for from the abundance of my complaint and my grief I spoke even till now.

Acts 20:37

And much weeping was from all; and having fallen upon Paul's neck, they kissed him,

Matthew 17:23

And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised. And they were greatly grieved.

Luke 22:45

And having risen from prayer, having come to his disciples, he found them sleeping from grief;

John 16:6

But because I have spoken these to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

Genesis 23:2

And Sarah shall die in the city of four; this is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham will come to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

John 20:11

And Mary stood near the tomb weeping without: therefore as she wept, she stood stooping into the tomb,

Genesis 50:1

And Joseph will fall upon his father's face, and will weep over him and he will kiss him.

Deuteronomy 34:8

And the sons of Israel will weep for Moses in the desert of Moab thirty days: and the days of the weeping of the mourning for Moses will be finished.

2 Samuel 19:2

And the salvation in that day will be turned to mourning to all the people: for the people heard in that day, saying the king was grieved for his son.

Luke 7:12-14

And as he drew near to the gate of the city, behold, he dead was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she a widow; and a sufficient crowd of the city was with her. And having seen her, the Lord felt compassion for her and said to her, Weep not. And having come, he touched the coffin, and they bearing stood. And he said, Young man, I say to thee, arise.

Luke 8:52

And all wept, and bewailed her: and he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeping.

John 11:33-35

Then Jesus, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping having come with her, was heavy in spirit, and troubled himself, And said, Where have ye laid him? They say to him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept.

Isaiah 15:3

And in their places without they girded themselves with sackcloth: upon her roofs and in her streets every one shall wail, going down into weeping.

Isaiah 22:4

For this I said, Look ye away from me; I will be bitter in my weeping, ye shall not hasten to comfort me upon the desolation of the daughter of my people.

Jeremiah 22:10

Ye shall not weep for the dead, and ye shall not bewail for him: weep ye, weep ye for him going away, for he shall no more turn back and see the land of his nativity.

Jeremiah 48:17

All ye about him, bewail for him; and all ye knowing his name, say, How was the strong rod broken, the beautiful shoot!

Ezekiel 21:6

And thou son of man, sigh with the breaking of the loins; and with bitterness thou shalt sigh before their eyes.

Ezekiel 27:30

And with their voice they shall cause to be heard against thee, and they shall cry with bitterness, and they shall bring up dust upon their heads, and they shall roll themselves in ashes.

Psalm 10:14

Thou sawest; for thou wilt look upon trouble and anger, to give with thine hand: the poor will be left to thee; thou wert the helper of the orphan.

Isaiah 53:4

Surely he lifted up our afflictions, and our griefs he carried them: and we reckoned him to be smitten, struck of God, and afflicted.

Jeremiah 31:13

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and old men together: and I turned their mourning to joy, and I comforted them and caused them to rejoice from their sorrow.

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of Jehovah shall turn back and come to Zion with a shout of joy and eternal joy upon their heads: and they shall attain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Lamentations 3:32-33

For if he afflicted, and he compassionated according to the multitude of his mercy. For he afflicted not from his heart and grieved the sons of men,

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

And I wish you not to be ignorant, brethren, of them having been asleep, that ye should not grieve, as also the rest, they hating no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose up, so also God by Jesus Christ will bring with him them having slept.

Psalm 16:4

Their labors shall be multiplied after they hastened: I will not gather their libations of blood, and I will not lift up their names upon my lips.

1 Samuel 2:33

And a man I will not cut off to thee from mine altar to finish thine eyes and to cause thy soul to pine away: and all the increase of thy house, the men, shall die.

2 Corinthians 2:4-5

For out of much pressure and anxiety of heart I wrote to you through many tears; not that ye should be 'grieved, but that ye might know the love I have more abundantly towards you. And if any have grieved, he has not grieved me, but by part; that I might not overload you all.

Genesis 34:7

And the sons of Jacob came from the field when they having heard: and the men will be grieved, and it will be kindled to them exceedingly because he did folly in Israel, to lie with Jacob's daughter; and thus it shall not be done.

1 Samuel 20:34

And Jonathan will rise from the table in the heat of wrath, and he will not eat bread in the day of the month the second, for he was grieved for David because his father reproached him.

Ezra 10:6

And Ezra will rise up from before the house of God, and will go the chamber of Johanan son of Eliashib: and he will go there, he ate not bread and drank not water: for he was mourning for the transgression of the exiles.

Ezekiel 9:4

And Jehovah will say to him, Pass through into the midst of the city, in the midst of Jerusalem, and mark a mark upon the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning for all the abominations being done in her midst

Romans 9:2

That there is great grief to me and continued pain in my heart.

1 Corinthians 5:2

And ye were puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he having done this work might be taken away from the midst of you.

Matthew 26:75

And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, having said to him, That before the cock utter a sound, thou shalt deny me thrice. And having gone forth without, he wept bitterly.

2 Corinthians 7:9-11

Now I rejoice, not that ye were grieved, but that ye were grieved to repentance: for ye were grieved according to God, that ye be injured in nothing by us. For grief according to God works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but grief of the world works death. For behold, this same that ye grieve according to God, what care it wrought in you, but defence, but indignation, but fear, but anxious desire, but zeal, but punishing! In every thing ye recommended yourselves to be holy in this affair.

James 4:9

Toil, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and joy to dejection.

Lamentations 1:5

Her adversaries were for head, her enemies were secure; for Jehovah afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children went into captivity before the face of him pressing.

Jeremiah 8:21

For the breaking of the daughter of my people was I broken; I was darkened; astonishment took hold of me.

Jeremiah 10:19

Wo to me for my breaking! my blow was sickly; and I said, Surely this a sickness, and I will bear it.

Jeremiah 13:17

And if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in hiding places from the face of pride, and mine eye weeping shall weep and bring down tears, because the flock of Jehovah was taken captive.

Jeremiah 14:2

Judah mourned and her gates languished; they were darkened to the earth, and the outcry of Jerusalem went up.

Amos 5:16-17

For this, thus said Jehovah God of armies, the Lord: In all your broad places, wailing; and in all the streets they shall say, Wo! wo! and they called to the husbandman to mourning, and wailing to all knowing lamentation. And in all vineyards, wailing: for I will pass through in the midst of thee, said Jehovah.

Amos 8:10

And turned your festivals into mourning, and all your songs to lamentation; and I brought up sackcloth upon all loins, and upon every head, baldness; and I set it as the mourning of an only one, and its last part as a day of bitterness.

Micah 1:8

For this I will lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked: I will make wailing as jackals, and mourning as the daughters of the ostrich.

Zephaniah 1:15

A day of wrath, that day a day of straits and distress, a day of storm and desolation, a day of darkness and thick darkness, a day of cloud and gloom,

Matthew 24:30

And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall the tribes of the earth lament bitterly, and they shall see the Son of man coming upon the clouds of heaven with power and much glory.

Luke 19:41-42

And as he drew near, having seen the city, he wept over it, Saying, That if thou knewest, also thou, and also in this thy day, the things for thy peace! and now have they been hid from thine eyes.

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Matthew 26:37

And having taken Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be grieved, and to be dejected.

Distress » Sorrow » Common to all men

Psalm 71:20

Who didst cause us to see great straits and evils; thou wilt turn back, thou wilt preserve us alive, and from the depths of the earth thou wilt turn back, thou wilt bring us up.

Ecclesiastes 2:23

For all his days pains, and vexation, his labor; also in the night his heart rested not Also this it is vanity.

Job 14:22

But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul upon him shall mourn.

Job 5:7

For man shall be born to labor as the sons of the flame will lift up to fly.

More verses: Psalm 116:3 Jeremiah 8:15

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2 Samuel 18:33

And the king will be moved, and he will go up into the upper chamber of the gate and weep: and thus he said in his going, My son Absalom! my son, my son Absalom I who will give my death, me for thee, Absalom my son, my son!

Humility of Christ » He had the common experiences of humanity » Sorrow

Matthew 26:37

And having taken Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be grieved, and to be dejected.

Parents » Prayers » Sorrow

2 Samuel 18:33

And the king will be moved, and he will go up into the upper chamber of the gate and weep: and thus he said in his going, My son Absalom! my son, my son Absalom I who will give my death, me for thee, Absalom my son, my son!

Sickness » The wicked » A large amount » Sorrow

Ecclesiastes 5:17

Also all his days in darkness shall he eat, and much vexation and his sickness and his anger.

Sorrow » Godly » Parents

2 Samuel 18:33

And the king will be moved, and he will go up into the upper chamber of the gate and weep: and thus he said in his going, My son Absalom! my son, my son Absalom I who will give my death, me for thee, Absalom my son, my son!

Sorrow » Banished

Jeremiah 31:12

And they came and shouted in the height of Zion, and they flowed together to the goodness of Jehovah, for the grain and for the new wine, and for the oil, and for the sons of the flock and the herd: and their soul was as a watered garden, and they shall not add to pine away any more.

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of Jehovah shall turn back and come to Zion with a shout of joy and eternal joy upon their heads: and they shall attain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Sorrow » The lord wiping away tears

Isaiah 25:8-9

He swallowed up death for glory, the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people he will remove from off all the earth, for Jehovah spake. And it was said in that day, Behold, this our God, we hoped for him, and he will save us: this Jehovah, we hoped for him, we will rejoice and be glad in his salvation.

Revelation 21:1-4

And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and first earth passed away; and the sea was no more. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice from heaven saying, Behold the tent of God with men, and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God. read more.
And God shall wipe out every tear from their eyes; and death be no more, neither grief, neither crying, nor trouble shall be more: for the first things departed.

Psalm 30:10-11

Hear, O Jehovah, and pity me: O Jehovah, be a helper to me. Thou didst turn my wailing to dancing to me: thou didst loose my sackcloth, and thou wilt gird me with gladness;

Jeremiah 31:13-14

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and old men together: and I turned their mourning to joy, and I comforted them and caused them to rejoice from their sorrow. And I satiated the soul of the priests with fatness and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, says Jehovah.

Sorrow » Who shall have sorrow

Proverbs 23:29-30

To whom wo? to whom want? to whom strife? to whom complaint? to whom wounds gratuitously? to whom dark fleshings of the eyes? To those remaining at the wine; to those going to seek mixed wine.

Isaiah 50:4-11

The Lord Jehovah gave to me the tongue of the expert to know to help the weary with a word: he will rouse up in the morning by morning, he will rouse up to me the ear to hear as the expert The Lord Jehovah opened to me the ear and I opposed not, and I drew not back. My back I gave to those smiting, and my cheeks to those tearing out the hair: and my face I hid not from shame and spittle. read more.
And the Lord Jehovah will help to me: for this I was not ashamed; for this I set my face as the flint, and I shall know that I shall not be ashamed. He drawing near justifying me: who shall contend with me? we will stand together: who the lord of my judgment? he shall draw near to me. Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help for me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, they all shall decay as a garment; the moth shall eat them. Who among you fearing Jehovah, hearing to the voice of his servant? who goes in darkness and no light to him? he shall trust in the name of Jehovah and rest upon his God. Behold, all ye kindling a fire, girding yourselves with fiery darts: go ye in the light of your fire, and in the fiery darts ye kindled. From my hand was this to you; ye shall lie down for sorrow.

More verses: Isaiah 65:11-14

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John 16:6

But because I have spoken these to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

Sorrow » Of the lost

Luke 13:28

Weeping shall be there and gnashing of teeth, when ye see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you cast without.

Matthew 24:51

And he shall cut him in two equal parts, and he shall set his portion with the hypocrites: and there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Sorrow » Of jesus

Matthew 26:37-44

And having taken Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be grieved, and to be dejected. Then says he to them, My soul is sorely grieved, even to death: remain here, and watch ye with me. And having gone forward a little, he fell upon his face, praying, and saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me: but not as I will, but as thou. read more.
And he comes to his disciples, and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, So were ye not able to watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, lest ye come into temptation: truly the spirit of a ready will, and the flesh weak. Again of a second time, having gone away, he prayed, saying, My Father if this cup cannot pass away from me except I drink it, let thy will be. And having gone he finds them again sleeping: for their eyes were loaded. And having left them, having gone away again, he prayed of the third time, speaking the same word.

Mark 14:34-42

And he says to them, My soul is sorely grieved, even to death: remain here, and watch. And having gone forward a little, he fell upon the earth and prayed that, if it be possible, the hour might pass away from him. And he said, Abba, Father, all things possible to thee; turn away this cup from me: but not what I will, but what thou. read more.
And he comes, and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldeat thou not watch one Hour? Watch ye and pray, that ye should not come into temptation. Truly the spirit well inclined, and the flesh weak. And again having gone away, he prayed; saying the same word. And having turned back, he found them again sleeping, (for their eyes were loaded,) and they knew not what they might answer him. And he comes the third time, and says to them, Sleep the remaining time, and take rest: it is sufficient, the hour has come; behold, the Son of man is delivered into the hands of the sinful. Arise, and let us lead; behold, he delivering me up has drawn near.

Luke 22:42-44

Saying, Father, If thou art willing, turn aside this cup from me: but not my will, but thine, be done. And a messenger was seen to him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in a violent struggle, he prayed more intently: and his sweat was as clots of blood coming down upon the earth.

Sorrow » Who sorrow shall flee from

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of Jehovah shall turn back and come to Zion with a shout of joy and eternal joy upon their heads: and they shall attain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 51:11

And the redeemed of Jehovah shall turn back, and they came to Zion with shouting and eternal joy upon their head: and gladness and joy shall they attain; sorrow and sighing fled.

Sorrow » The sorrow of the world

Sorrow » What sorrow is

Ecclesiastes 7:3-4

Good is grief above laughter: for in the illness of the face the heart shall be good. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; and the heart of the foolish in the house of gladness.

Sorrow » Godly sorrow

Sorrow » Of david for absalom

2 Samuel 18:33

And the king will be moved, and he will go up into the upper chamber of the gate and weep: and thus he said in his going, My son Absalom! my son, my son Absalom I who will give my death, me for thee, Absalom my son, my son!

2 Samuel 19:1-8

And it will be announced to Joab, Behold, the king weeping, and he will mourn for Absalom. And the salvation in that day will be turned to mourning to all the people: for the people heard in that day, saying the king was grieved for his son. And the people will steal away in that day to go to the city, as people will steal away being ashamed in fleeing in battle. read more.
And the king covered his face, and the king will cry out with a great voice, My son Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son! And Joab will come to the king, to the house, and say, Thou shamedst this day the faces of all thy servants saving thy soul this day, and the soul of thy sons and thy daughters, and the soul of thy wives, and the soul of thy concubines; To love those hating thee, and hating those loving thee, for thou announcedst this day that not to the chiefs and servants: for I knew this day that if Absalom lived and all we this day died, that then it was straight in thine eyes. And now arise, go forth, and speak to the heart of thy servants: for in Jehovah I swore if thou wilt not go forth, if a man shall lodge with thee this night: and this evil to thee above all the evil which came upon thee from thy youth till now And the king will rise and sit in the gate. And to all the people they announced, saying, Behold, the king sitting in the gate. And all the people will come before the king: and Israel fled a man to his tent

Sorrow » Who increases sorrow

Sorrow » What has no sorrow

Sorrow » Who causes sorrow

Proverbs 10:10

He pinching the eye shall give pain: and the foolish of lips shall fall.

Sorrow » Sorrow of the heart

Sorrow » Of mary and martha

John 11:19-40

And many of the Jews were come to them about Martha and Many, that they might console them for their brother. Then Martha, when she heard that Jesus comes, met him: and Mary sat in the house. Then said Martha to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. read more.
But now I also know, that whatever thou shalt ask of God, God will give thee. Jesus says to her, Thy brother shall arise. Martha says to him, I know that he shall rise at the rising up in the last day. Jesus said to her, I am the rising up, and life: he believing in me, though he die, shall live. And all living and believing in me should never die. Believest thou this? She says to him, Yes, Lord: I have believed that thou art Christ, the Son of God, he coming into the world. And having said these, she departed and called Mary her sister secretly, having said, The Teacher is come, and calls thee. She, when she heard, arises quickly, and comes to him. And Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met him. Then the Jews being in the house with her, and consoling her, having seen Mary, that she rose quickly and went forth, followed her, saying, That she retires to the tomb, that she might weep there. Then Mary, when she came where Jesus was, seeing him, fell at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou wert here, my brother had not died. Then Jesus, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping having come with her, was heavy in spirit, and troubled himself, And said, Where have ye laid him? They say to him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. Then said the Jews, See how he loved him I And certain of them said, Could not he having opened the eyes of the blind, have made that this should not die? Then Jesus again being heavy in himself, comes to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was laid upon it. Jesus says, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead, says to him, Lord, he already smells: for it is the fourth day. Jesus says to her, Said I not to thee, if thou shouldest believe, thou shalt see the glory of God

Sorrow » From bereavement » Of jacob for joseph

Genesis 37:34-35

And Jacob will rend his garments, and will put sackcloth upon his loins, and will mourn for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters, will rise up to comfort him; and he will refuse to be comforted; and will say, For I will go down to my son mourning to hadas; and his father will weep for him.

Sorrow » God takes notice » Of hagar's

Genesis 21:17-20

And God will hear the voice of the child: and the messenger of God will call to Hagar from the heavens, and will say to her, What to thee Hagar? thou. shalt not fear, for God heard the voice of the child, from where he is. Arise, lift up the child, and fasten thy hand upon him; for I will make him into a great nation. And God will open her eyes, and she will see a well of waters, and will go and fill the water skin with water, and will give the child to drink. read more.
And God will be with the child; and he will be great, and dwell in the desert, and will be to increase the bow.

Sorrow » For sin

2 Corinthians 7:10-11

For grief according to God works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but grief of the world works death. For behold, this same that ye grieve according to God, what care it wrought in you, but defence, but indignation, but fear, but anxious desire, but zeal, but punishing! In every thing ye recommended yourselves to be holy in this affair.

Sorrow » God takes notice » Of the israelites

Exodus 3:7-10

And Jehovah will say, Seeing, I saw the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I heard their cry from the face of their pressers; and I knew their pains. And I will come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of this land to a good and great land, to a land flowing milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites and the Jebusites. And now behold the cry of the sons of Israel came to me: and also I saw the oppression which the Egyptians oppressed them. read more.
And now come, and I will send thee to Pharaoh, and bring thou forth my people, the sons of Israel out of Egypt

Sorrow » Sorrow and sighing will flee away,

Isaiah 35:10

And the ransomed of Jehovah shall turn back and come to Zion with a shout of joy and eternal joy upon their heads: and they shall attain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Sorrow » From bereavement » For benjamin

Genesis 43:14

And God Almighty will give to you mercy before the man, and send you your one brother and Benjamin: and when I was bereaved of children, I was bereaved of children.

Sorrow » Of hannah

1 Samuel 1:15

And Hannah will answer and say, No, my lord, I a woman hard of spirit, and wine and strong drink I drank not, and I will pour out my soul before Jehovah.

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Sorrow » Of jeremiah

Lamentations 1:12

Nothing to you, all ye passing by the way? Behold, and see if there is pain as my pain, which was done to me with which Jehovah afflicted in the day of the burning of his anger.

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Genesis 41:51

And Joseph will call the name of the first-born, Manasseh; for God made me forget all my toils and all my father's house.

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