28 Bible Verses about Sorrow

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Acts 20:37

There was loud weeping by them all, as they threw their arms around Paul's neck and kept on kissing him with affection,

Matthew 17:23

and they will kill Him, but on the third day He will be raised again." And they were crushed with grief.

Luke 22:45

When He rose from His prayer, He went to the disciples and found them asleep from sorrow.

John 16:6

but sorrow has taken complete possession of your hearts, because I have told you these things.

John 20:11

But Mary stood just outside the tomb and kept weeping. So, as she was weeping, she stooped down and peered into the tomb

Luke 7:12-14

As He approached the gate of the town, look, there was being carried out a dead man, his mother's only son, and she was a widow! A considerable crowd of townspeople were with her. Now when the Lord saw her, His heart was moved with pity for her, and so He said to her, "Stop weeping." Then He went up and touched the hearse and the bearers stopped; and He said, "Young man, I tell you, arise."

Luke 8:52

Now they were all weeping and wailing over her. But He said, "Stop weeping! For she is not dead but asleep."

John 11:33-35

So when Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her weeping too, He sighed in sympathy and shook with emotion, and asked, "Where have you laid him?" They answered, "Lord, come and see." Jesus burst into tears.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

Also we do not want you to have any misunderstanding, brothers, about those who are falling asleep, so as to keep you from grieving over them as others do who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then through Jesus, God will bring back with Him those who have fallen asleep.

2 Corinthians 2:4-5

For out of great sorrow and distress of heart, yes, while shedding many tears, I wrote you, not to make you sad but to make you realize that my love for you continues running over. But if anyone has made anyone sad, it is not I, but you that he has made sad, at least, some of you, not to be severe on all of you.

Romans 9:2

that I have deep grief and constant anguish in my heart;

1 Corinthians 5:2

And yet, you are proud of it, instead of being sorry for it, and seeing to it that the man who has done this be removed from your membership!

2 Corinthians 7:9-11

I am glad of it now, not because you had such sorrow, but because your sorrow led you to repentance, for you took your sorrow in accordance with the will of God, so that you should not suffer any loss at all from me. For the sorrow that comes in accordance with the will of God results in repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets, but the sorrow the world produces results in death. For see what this very sorrow, suffered in accordance with the will of God, has done for you! How earnest it has made you, how concerned to clear yourselves, how indignant, how alarmed, how much it made you long to see me, how loyal to me, how determined to punish the offender! At every point you have cleared yourselves in the matter.

James 4:9

Be miserable, mourn ... and weep aloud. Let your laughter be turned to grief and your joy to gloom.

Matthew 24:30

And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the nations of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky in overwhelming power and splendor.

Luke 19:41-42

As He approached it, just as soon as He saw the city, He burst into tears over it, and said: "If today you yourself had only known the conditions of peace! But now they are hidden from you.

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Matthew 26:37

And He took Peter and Zebedee's two sons along with Him and He began to give way to His grief and distress of heart.

Distress » Sorrow » Common to all men

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Matthew 26:37

And He took Peter and Zebedee's two sons along with Him and He began to give way to His grief and distress of heart.

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Sorrow » The lord wiping away tears

Revelation 21:1-4

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea. And I saw the new Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride to join her husband. Then I heard a loud voice from the throne say: "See! God's dwelling place is with men, and He will live with them, read more.
and He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no death any longer, no sorrow, no crying, no pain. The first order of things has passed away."

Sorrow » Who shall have sorrow

More verses: Isaiah 65:11-14

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John 16:6

but sorrow has taken complete possession of your hearts, because I have told you these things.

Sorrow » Of the lost

Luke 13:28

There you will weep and grind your teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves being driven away on the outside.

Matthew 24:51

and will cut him in two, and give him his share with the hypocrites, where they will weep and grind their teeth."

Sorrow » Of jesus

Matthew 26:37-44

And He took Peter and Zebedee's two sons along with Him and He began to give way to His grief and distress of heart. Then He said to them, "My heart is breaking, it almost kills me! You must stay here and keep watching with me." Then He walked on a few steps and threw Himself upon His face, and in this attitude continued to pray, and say, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass by me; and yet, I pray, not what I want but what you want." read more.
Then He came back to the disciples and found them asleep. He said to Peter, "Could you not then watch with me a single hour? You must all keep watching and praying that you may not be exposed to temptation. Man's spirit is willing but human nature is weak." A second time He went away and prayed, "My Father, if it cannot pass by without my drinking it, your will be done." He came back again and found them still sleeping, for their eyes were so heavy they could hardly hold them open. Then He left them again and prayed the third time, using the same words.

Mark 14:34-42

and so He said to them, "My heart is breaking, it almost kills me! You must stay here and keep watching." Then He walked on a few steps and threw Himself upon the ground and kept praying that if it were possible He might escape the hour of agony, and He was saying, "Abba [which means 'Father'], anything is possible for you! Take this cup away from me! Yet, I pray, not what I want but what you want!" read more.
And He went back and found them asleep, and He said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not watch a single hour? You must all keep watching and praying that you may not be exposed to temptation. Man's spirit is willing but human nature is weak." He went away again and prayed in the same words. When He went back again, He found them asleep again, for their eyes were so heavy they could hardly hold them open; and they did not know what answer to make Him. He came back the third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? No more of that! The hour has come. See! The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinful men. Get up, let us be going. Look! here comes my betrayer!"

Luke 22:42-44

"Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet, not my will but always yours be done!" Omitted Text. Omitted Text.

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John 11:19-40

and a goodly number of Jews had come out to see Martha and Mary, to sympathize with them over their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet Him, but Mary stayed at home. Then Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. read more.
But even now I know that whatever you ask God for He will give you." Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise at the resurrection, on the last day." Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life myself. Whoever continues to believe in me will live right on even though he dies, and no person who continues to live and believe in me will ever die at all. Do you believe this?" She said to Him, "Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world." On saying this she went back and called her sister Mary, whispering to her, "The Teacher is here and is asking for you." As soon as she heard it, she jumped up and started to Jesus, for He had not yet come into the village, but He was still at the place where Martha had met Him. So the Jews who were with her in the house sympathizing with her, when they saw Mary jump up and go out, followed her, because they supposed that she was going to the grave to pour out her grief there. When Mary came where Jesus was and saw Him, she threw herself at His feet, and said, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." So when Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who had come with her weeping too, He sighed in sympathy and shook with emotion, and asked, "Where have you laid him?" They answered, "Lord, come and see." Jesus burst into tears. So the Jews said, "See how tenderly He loved him!" But some of them said, "Could not this man, who made that blind man see, have kept Lazarus from dying?" Now Jesus sighed again and continued to sigh as He went to the grave. It was a cave with a stone lying over the mouth of it. Jesus said, "Slip the stone aside." The dead man's sister, Martha, said to Him, "Lord, by this time he is offensive, for he has been dead four days." Jesus said to her, "Did I not promise you that if you would believe in me, you should see the glory of God?"

Sorrow » From bereavement » Of jacob for joseph

Sorrow » God takes notice » Of hagar's

Sorrow » For sin

2 Corinthians 7:10-11

For the sorrow that comes in accordance with the will of God results in repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets, but the sorrow the world produces results in death. For see what this very sorrow, suffered in accordance with the will of God, has done for you! How earnest it has made you, how concerned to clear yourselves, how indignant, how alarmed, how much it made you long to see me, how loyal to me, how determined to punish the offender! At every point you have cleared yourselves in the matter.

Sorrow » God takes notice » Of the israelites

Sorrow » Sorrow and sighing will flee away,

Sorrow » From bereavement » For benjamin

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Sorrow » Of jeremiah

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