34 Bible Verses about Tears

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Psalm 56:8

Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

Revelation 7:17

for the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.

1 Samuel 20:41

And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the South, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.

1 Samuel 30:4

Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

Psalm 6:6

I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

Job 16:16

My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

Psalm 31:9

Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea , my soul and my body.

Psalm 39:12

Hear my prayer, O Jehovah, and give ear unto my cry; Hold not thy peace at my tears: For I am a stranger with thee, A sojourner, as all my fathers were.

Psalm 80:5

Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

Psalm 126:6

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves with him .

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Lamentations 2:11

Mine eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured upon the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

Lamentations 3:48

Mine eye runneth down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Luke 23:27

And there followed him a great multitude of the people, and of women who bewailed and lamented him.

Psalm 84:6

Passing through the valley of Weeping they make it a place of springs; Yea, the early rain covereth it with blessings.

Malachi 2:13

And this again ye do: ye cover the altar of Jehovah with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, neither receiveth it with good will at your hand.

Isaiah 25:8

He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

Jeremiah 9:11

And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

Luke 6:21

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

2 Timothy 1:3-4

I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers in a pure conscience, how unceasing is my remembrance of thee in my supplications, night and day longing to see thee, remembering thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;

Hebrews 5:7

Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,

James 4:9

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Psalm 116:7-9

Return unto thy rest, O my soul; For Jehovah hath dealt bountifully with thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death, Mine eyes from tears, And my feet from falling. I will walk before Jehovah In the land of the living.

Hebrews 12:16-17

lest there be any fornication, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright. For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind in his father, though he sought is diligently with tears.

Ezra 10:1

Now while Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there was gathered together unto him out of Israel a very great assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept very sore.

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Lachrymatory » Bottle » Tears

Psalm 56:8

Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

Tears » Of solicitude over sinners

Psalm 126:6

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with joy, bringing his sheaves with him .

Isaiah 22:4

Therefore said I, Look away from me, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Tears » Of solicitude over sinners » Of disappointment and grief

Psalm 80:5

Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

Psalm 6:6

I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

Job 30:31

Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

Psalm 102:9

For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mingled my drink with weeping,

Tears » Observed by God

Psalm 56:8

Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

Isaiah 38:3-5

and said, Remember now, O Jehovah, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. Then came the word of Jehovah to Isaiah, saying, Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.

Tears » Wiped away

Revelation 7:17

for the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes.

Tears » None in heaven

Tears » Figurative

Psalm 80:5

Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

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