34 Bible Verses about Tears

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Psalm 56:8

My wandering, hast, thou, recorded, - Put thou my tears in thy bottle, Are they not in thy record?

Revelation 7:17

Because, the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne, shall shepherd them, and shall lead them unto life's fountains of waters; and God shall wipe away every tear out of their eyes.

1 Samuel 20:41

As soon as, the lad, was gone, David, arose from beside the South, and fell on his face to the earth, and bowed himself down three times, - and they kissed each other, and wept over each other, 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 strength to weep.

Psalm 6:6

I am weary with my sighing, I flood, through the whole night, my couch, - With my tears, I cause, my bed, to dissolve:

Job 16:16

My face, is reddened from weeping, and, upon mine eyelashes, is the death-shade: -

Psalm 31:9

Show me favour, O Yahweh, for in distress am I, - Wasted with vexation, is mine eye - my soul and my body;

Psalm 39:12

Hear my prayer, O Yahweh, And, unto my cry for help, give ear, At my tears, do not be silent, - For, a sojourner, am, I, with thee, A stranger, like all my fathers.

Psalm 42:3

My tears have been my food day and night, While it hath been said unto me all the day, Where is thy God?

Psalm 80:5

Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.

Psalm 126:6

He that, doth indeed go forth, and weep, bearing seed enough to trail along, doth, surely come in, with shouting, bringing his sheaves.

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

Blinded with tears are mine eyes, In ferment is my body, Poured out to the earth is my grief, for the sore hurt of the daughter of my people, - when child and suckling are swooning, in the broadways of the city.

Lamentations 3:48

With streams of water, mine eye runneth down, over the grievous injury of the daughter of my people.

Matthew 26:75

And Peter was put in mind of the declaration of Jesus, of his having said - Before a cock crow, thrice, wilt thou utterly deny me; and, going forth outside, he wept bitterly.

Luke 23:27

And there was following him a great throng of the people, and of women, who were smiting themselves and lamenting him.

Philippians 3:18

For, many, are walking - of whom I have often been telling you, and, now, even weeping, am telling, - the enemies of the cross of the Christ;

Psalm 84:6

Passing through the balsam-vale, A place of fountains, they make it, Yea, with blessings, is it covered by the early rain.

Malachi 2:13

And, this, a second time, will ye do, covering with tears, the altar of Yahweh, weeping and making outcry, - because he will not again turn unto the gift, and receive it with acceptance, at your hands?

Isaiah 25:8

Having swallowed up death itself victoriously, My Lord, Yahweh, will wipe away, tears from off all faces, - And the reproach of his own people, will he remove from off all the earth, For, Yahweh, hath spoken.

Jeremiah 9:11

Thus will I give up Jerusalem To heaps, A habitation for jackals, - And the cities of Judah, will I give up to desolation, without inhabitant.

Luke 6:21

Happy, ye that hunger now, for ye shall be filled. Happy, ye that weep now, for ye shall laugh.

2 Timothy 1:3-4

Grateful, am I, unto God, - unto whom I am rendering divine service from my progenitors in a pure conscience, that, incessant, hold I the remembrance, concerning thee, in my supplications; day and night, longing to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, - in order that, with joy, I may be filled:

Hebrews 5:7

Who, in the days of his flesh, having offered up, both supplications and entreaties unto him that was able to save him out of death, with mighty outcries and tears, and been hearkened to by reason of his devoutness,

James 4:9

Be miserable and lament and weep, let, your laughter, into lamentation, be turned, and, your joy, into dejection;

Psalm 116:7-9

Return, O my soul, to thy rest, For, Yahweh, hath dealt bountifully with thee. For thou hast rescued my soul from death, - mine eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. I will walk to and fro before Yahweh, in the lands of life.

Hebrews 12:16-17

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, like Esau, - who, for the sake of one meal, yielded up his own firstborn rights; For ye know that, afterwards - when he even wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for, place of repentance, found he none, even though, with tears, he diligently sought it.

Ezra 10:1

Now, when Ezra had prayed and when he had made confession, weeping and casting himself down, before the house of God, there gathered unto him out of Israel, an exceeding large convocation - men and women and children, for the people wept with a very bitter weeping.

From Thematic Bible


Lachrymatory » Bottle » Tears

Psalm 56:8

My wandering, hast, thou, recorded, - Put thou my tears in thy bottle, Are they not in thy record?

Tears » Of solicitude over sinners

Psalm 126:6

He that, doth indeed go forth, and weep, bearing seed enough to trail along, doth, surely come in, with shouting, bringing his sheaves.

Isaiah 22:4

For this cause, I said - Look away from me, Bitterly, will I weep, - Do not press to comfort me,

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 food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.

Psalm 6:6

I am weary with my sighing, I flood, through the whole night, my couch, - With my tears, I cause, my bed, to dissolve:

Job 30:31

Thus is attuned to mourning - my lyre, and my flute, to the noise of them who weep.

Psalm 102:9

For, ashes - like bread, have I eaten, And, my drink - with my tears, have I mingled;

Tears » Observed by God

Psalm 56:8

My wandering, hast, thou, recorded, - Put thou my tears in thy bottle, Are they not in thy record?

Isaiah 38:3-5

and said, - I beseech thee, O Yahweh, remember, I pray thee, how I have walked before thee in faithfulness and with an undivided heart, and, that which is good in thine eyes, have I done. And Hezekiah wept aloud. Then came the word of Yahweh unto, Isaiah, saying: Go, and say unto Hezekiah - Thus, saith Yahweh, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears, - Behold me! about to add unto thy days, fifteen years;

Tears » Wiped away

Revelation 7:17

Because, the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne, shall shepherd them, and shall lead them unto life's fountains of waters; and God shall wipe away every tear out of their eyes.

Tears » None in heaven

Tears » Figurative

Psalm 80:5

Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.

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