8 Bible Verses about Benefits Of Sadness

The LORD is nigh unto them that are contrite in heart, and will save such as be of a humble spirit.

Nevertheless God, that comforteth the abject, comforted us at the coming of Titus.

It is better to be sorry than to laugh, for when the countenance is heavy the heart is joyful.

The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise.

But I now rejoice, not that ye were sorry, but that ye so sorrowed, that ye repented. For ye sorrowed godly: so that in nothing were ye hurt by us. For godly sorrow causeth repentance, unto salvation not to be repented of: when worldly sorrow causeth death. Behold what diligence this godly sorrow that ye took hath wrought in you: yea it caused you to clear yourselves. It caused indignation, it caused fear, it caused desire, it caused a fervent mind, it caused punishment. For in all things ye have showed yourselves that ye were clear in that matter.

as sorrowing and yet always merry, as poor and yet make many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be satisfied. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

And the redeemed of the LORD shall convert, and come to Zion with thanksgiving. Everlasting joy shall they have, pleasure and gladness shall be among them. And as for all sorrow and heaviness, it shall vanish away.