Ecclesiastes 7:3
Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness the appearance of the heart is made better.
2 Corinthians 7:9-11
I now rejoice, not because you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance; for you were made sorry after a godly fashion, that you might not suffer loss by 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 may learn your statutes.
Psalm 126:5-6
Those who cry while they plant will joyfully sing while they harvest.
Jeremiah 31:8-9
I am bringing them from the North Country. I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth. Among them are the blind and the lame, the woman with child and she who is in labor with child. As a great company they will return here.
Jeremiah 31:15-20
This is what Jehovah says: 'A sound is heard in Ramah, the sound of crying in bitter grief. Rachel is crying for her children. She refuses to be comforted, because they are dead.'
Jeremiah 50:4-5
In those days and at that time, declares Jehovah, the sons of Israel will come. Both they and the sons of Judah will go along weeping as they go. They will seek Jehovah their God.
Daniel 9:3-19
I looked to Jehovah God to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.
Daniel 10:2-3
In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.
Daniel 10:19
He said, O man greatly beloved, do not fear, peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong. And when he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak for you have strengthened me.
Zechariah 12:10-14
I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of kindness and of supplication. They will look to the one whom they pierced; and they will mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son. There will be a bitter lamentation for him, like one who grieves for his first-born.
Luke 6:21
Blessed are you who hunger now for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now: for you shall laugh.
Luke 6:25
Woe to you who are full now! For you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now! You will mourn and weep.
John 16:20-22
Truly I tell you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
Romans 5:3-4
Not only that, but we also rejoice in our tribulations knowing that tribulation produces endurance.
2 Corinthians 4:17
Our light affliction is for the moment. It works more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory for us.
Hebrews 12:10-11
They disciplined us for a few days for their own pleasure. He disciplines for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
James 1:2-4
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials.
James 4:8-10
Draw close to God, and he will draw close to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded (uncertain) (doubter) (skeptic).