Luke 7:38
and knelt at his feet behind him. She was crying and began to wash his feet with her tears and dry them with her hair. Then she kissed his feet over and over again, anointing them constantly with the perfume.
Genesis 18:4
I'll have some water brought to wash your feet while you rest under the tree.
Judges 2:4-5
Because the angel of the LORD said these things to all of the Israelis, the people wept out loud,
Ezra 10:1
Now while Ezra was praying and confessing in tears, having prostrated himself to the ground before the Temple of God, a very large crowd of Israelis men, women, and children gathered around him. Indeed, the people were crying bitterly.
Psalm 6:6-8
I am weary from my groaning. Every night my couch is drenched with tears, my bed is soaked through.
Psalm 38:18
I confess my iniquity, and my sin troubles me.
Psalm 51:17
True sacrifice to God is a broken spirit. A broken and chastened heart, God, you will not despise.
Psalm 126:5-6
Those who weep while they plant will sing for joy while they harvest.
Ecclesiastes 9:8
Always keep your garments white, and don't fail to anoint your head.
Song of Songs 1:3
The fragrance of your perfumed oil is wonderful. Your name is perfume poured out. Therefore the young women love you.
Isaiah 57:9
You went to Molech with olive oil and increased your perfumes; you sent your ambassadors far away, you sent them down even to Sheol itself!
Isaiah 61:3
to provide for those who grieve in Zion to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, a mantle of praise instead of a spirit of despair." "Then people will call them "Oaks of Righteousness", "The Planting of the LORD", in order to display his splendor.
Jeremiah 31:9
They'll come crying, and I'll lead them as they pray for mercy. I'll make them walk by streams of water, along a straight path on which they won't stumble. For I am Israel's father, and Ephraim is my firstborn."
Jeremiah 31:18-20
"I've certainly heard Ephraim shuddering with grief as they said, "You have disciplined me, and I'm disciplined like an untrained calf. Restore me, and let me return, for you are the LORD my God.
Joel 2:12
"Yet even now," declares the LORD, "Turn back to me with your whole heart, with fasting, tears, and mourning.
Zechariah 12:10
I will pour out on the house of David and on the residents of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and of supplications, and they will look to me the one whom they pierced.'"
Matthew 5:4
"How blessed are those who mourn, because it is they who will be comforted!
Luke 6:21
How blessed are you who are hungry now, because you will be satisfied! How blessed are you who are crying now, because you will laugh!
Luke 7:44-46
Then, turning to the woman, he told Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your house. You didn't give me any water for my feet, but this woman has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.
Luke 22:62
So he went outside and cried bitterly.
John 13:4-5
therefore he got up from the table, removed his outer robe, and took a towel and fastened it around his waist.
2 Corinthians 7:10-11
For having sorrow in a godly way results in repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets. But the sorrow of the world produces death.
James 4:9
Be miserable, mourn, and cry. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into gloom.