8 Bible Verses about Heaviness

To grant those who mourn in Zion,
Giving them a garland instead of ashes,
The oil of gladness instead of mourning,
The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting.
So they will be called oaks of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.

Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.

Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,
And the end of joy may be grief.

The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart.

In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials,

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But a good word makes it glad.

For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.