8 Bible Verses about Heaviness

to grant to those who mourn in Zion-- to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.

Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

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

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

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

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.