2 Corinthians 2:4
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.
2 Corinthians 7:12
So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.
Leviticus 19:17-18
"'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.
Psalm 119:136
Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they do not observe your Law.
Proverbs 27:5-6
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Jeremiah 13:15-17
"Hear, and give ear; do not be proud; for the LORD has spoken.
Luke 19:41-44
When he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it,
Romans 9:2-3
that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.
2 Corinthians 7:8-9
For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you sorry, though just for a while.
2 Corinthians 11:2
For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy. For I married you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
2 Corinthians 12:15
I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?
Philippians 3:18
For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,