Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.
2 Corinthians 7:9-11
As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.
Psalm 119:67
Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.
Psalm 119:71
It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I might learn your statutes.
Psalm 126:5-6
Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!
Jeremiah 31:8-9
Behold, I will bring them from the north country and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together; a great company, they shall return here.
Jeremiah 31:15-20
Thus says the LORD: "A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more."
Jeremiah 50:4-5
"In those days and in that time, declares the LORD, the people of Israel and the people of Judah shall come together, weeping as they come, and they shall seek the LORD their God.
Daniel 9:3-19
Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
Daniel 10:2-3
In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three weeks.
Daniel 10:19
And he said, "O man greatly loved, fear not, peace be with you; be strong and of good courage." And as he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, "Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me."
Zechariah 12:10-14
"And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.
Luke 6:21
"Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
Luke 6:25
"Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry. "Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep.
John 16:20-22
Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.
Romans 5:3-4
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
2 Corinthians 4:17
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,
Hebrews 12:10-11
For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.
James 1:2-4
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,
James 4:8-10
Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.