Judges 2:4
When the Lord's messenger finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly.
1 Samuel 7:6
After they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. They fasted on that day, and they confessed there, "We have sinned against the Lord." So Samuel led the people of Israel at Mizpah.
Ezra 10:1
While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself to the ground before the temple of God, a very large crowd of Israelites -- men, women, and children alike -- gathered around him. The people wept loudly.
Proverbs 17:10
A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool.
Jeremiah 31:9
They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel's father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.'"
Zechariah 12:10
"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 7:38
As she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the perfumed oil.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.
James 4:9
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.