Psalm 126:5
Those who cry while they plant will joyfully sing while they harvest.
Isaiah 35:10
They will reach Jerusalem with gladness, singing and shouting for joy. They will be happy forever. They will be forever free from sorrow and grief.
Joel 2:23
Be glad you children of Zion, and rejoice in Jehovah your God! For he gives you the early rain in just measure, and he causes it to rain, the early rain and the latter rain, in the first month.
Psalm 137:1
By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and cried as we remembered Zion.
Isaiah 12:1-3
In that day you will say: I will praise you, O Jehovah. Although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you have comforted me.
Jeremiah 31:9-13
With weeping they will come. By supplication I will lead them. I will make them walk by streams of waters on a straight path in which they will not stumble. For I am a father to Israel and Ephraim is my firstborn.
Joel 2:17
Let the priests and the ministers of Jehovah weep between the Temple porch and the altar! Let them say: Spare your people, O Jehovah, and do not give reproach to your heritage. That the nations should rule over them and say among the peoples, 'where is their God?'
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
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.
2 Corinthians 7:8-11
For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret it (for I see that that letter made you sorry, though but for a season),
Galatians 6:9
Let us not grow tired of doing good things for in due season we shall harvest, if we do not faint.