Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.
2 Corinthians 7:9-11
Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, so that you were not harmed in any way by us.
Psalm 119:67
Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions.
Psalm 119:71
It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes.
Psalm 126:5-6
Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest.
Jeremiah 31:8-9
Then I will reply, 'I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here.
Jeremiah 31:15-20
The Lord says, "A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone."
Jeremiah 50:4-5
"When that time comes," says the Lord, "the people of Israel and Judah will return to the land together. They will come back with tears of repentance as they seek the Lord their God.
Daniel 9:3-19
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
Daniel 10:2-3
In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three whole weeks.
Daniel 10:19
He said to me, "Don't be afraid, you who are valued. Peace be to you! Be strong! Be really strong!" When he spoke to me, I was strengthened. I said, "Sir, you may speak now, for you have given me strength."
Zechariah 12:10-14
"I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn.
Luke 6:21
"Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Luke 6:25
"Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
John 16:20-22
I tell you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into joy.
Romans 5:3-4
Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison
Hebrews 12:10-11
For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.
James 1:2-4
My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,
James 4:8-10
Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.