29 Bible Verses about Unhappiness

and as they were eating he said, "One of you is going to betray me." They were greatly distressed at this, and each of them said to him, "Lord, surely it is not me."

They got distressed at this, and said to him one after another, "Surely it is not me?" "Surely it is not me?"

but now I am going to him who sent me. And yet not one of you asks, 'Where are you going?' No, your heart is full of sorrow at what I have told you.

they will kill him, but on the third day he will be raised." They were greatly distressed at this.

Then rising from prayer he went to the disciples, only to find them asleep from sheer sorrow.

He said to them, "What is all this you are debating on your walk?" They stopped, looking downcast,

but Mary stood sobbing outside the tomb. As she sobbed, she glanced inside the tomb

sorrowing chiefly because he told them they would never see his face again. Then they escorted him to the ship.

And he was ill, nearly dead with illness. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me, to save me from having one sorrow upon another.

We would like you, brothers, to understand about those who are asleep in death. You must not grieve for them, like the rest of men who have no hope.

It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality such as is unknown even among pagans ??that a man has taken his father's wife! And yet you are puffed up! You ought much rather to be mourning the loss of a member! Expel the perpetrator of such a crime!

Then Judas his betrayer saw he was condemned, and repented; he brought back the thirty silver pieces to the high priests and elders,

And he went outside and wept bitterly.

when I say that I am in sore pain. I suffer endless anguish of heart.

For if I pain you, then who is to give me pleasure? None but the very people I am paining! So the very reason I wrote was that I might not come only to be pained by those who ought to give me joy; I relied on you all, I felt sure that my joy would be a joy for everyone of you. For I wrote you in sore distress and misery of heart, with many a tear ??not to pain you but to convince you of my love, my special love for you.read more.
If a certain individual has been causing pain, he has been causing pain not so much to me as to all of you ??at anyrate (for I am not going to overstate the case) to a section of you.

In fact, if I did pain you by that letter, I do not regret it. I did regret it when I discovered that my letter had pained you even for the time being, but I am glad now ??not glad that you were pained but glad that your pain induced you to repent. For you were pained as God meant you to be pained, and so you got no harm from what I did; the pain God is allowed to guide ends in a saving repentance never to be regretted, whereas the world's pain ends in death.read more.
See what this pain divine has done for you, how serious it has made you, how keen to clear yourselves, how indignant, how alarmed, how eager for me, how determined, how relentless! You have shown in every way that you were honest in the business.

For love of money is the root of all mischief; it is by aspiring to be rich that certain individuals have gone astray from the faith and found themselves pierced with many a pang of remorse.

When the young man heard that, he went sadly away, for he had great possessions.

But his face fell at that, and he went sadly away, for he had great possessions.

But when he heard that, he was vexed, for he was extremely rich.

Jesus burst into tears.

he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch with me."

he said to them, "My heart is sad, sad even to death; stay here and watch."

Now when Jesus saw her wailing and saw the Jews who accompanied her wailing, he chafed in spirit and was disquieted.

My soul is now disquieted. What am I to say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? Nay, it is something else that has brought me to this hour:

On saying this, Jesus was disquieted in spirit: he testified and said, "Truly, truly I tell you, one of you will betray me."

And do not vex God's holy Spirit, by whom you have been sealed for the day of redemption.

You will rejoice then, though for the passing moment you may need to suffer various trials;

Truly, truly I tell you, you will be wailing and lamenting while the world is rejoicing; you will be sorrowful, but then your sorrow will be changed into joy. When a woman is in labour she is sorry, for her time has come; but when the child is born she remembers her anguish no longer, for joy that a human being has been born into the world: So with you. Just now you are in sorrow, but I shall see you again and your heart will rejoice ??with a joy that no one can take from you.