32 occurrences

'Sad' in the Bible

And in the morning when Joseph came to them he saw that they were looking sad.

Verse ConceptsOther Sad People

And he said to the servants of Pharaoh who were in prison with him, Why are you looking so sad?

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsOther Sad People

Then she said to her father, Only do this for me: let me have two months to go away into the mountains with my friends, weeping for my sad fate.

Verse ConceptsSympathyWeepingLeave Us Alonevirginity

And he said, Go then. So he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends to the mountains, weeping for her sad fate.

Verse Conceptsvirginity

Would you keep yourselves till they were old enough? would you keep from having husbands for them? No, my daughters; but I am very sad for you that the hand of the Lord is against me.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodGrowing UpPeople WaitingNot MarryingWaiting Till Marriage

And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the feast, and her face was no longer sad.

Verse ConceptsPeople Eating

And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, when wine was before him, that I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never before been sad when the king was present.

Verse ConceptsCupbearerMonthButlersArtaxerxes The KingProviding Wine

And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear;

Verse ConceptsHuman EmotionHeart, HumanAnxiety And DepressionHeartacheDepression

And said to the king, May the king be living for ever: is it not natural for my face to be sad, when the town, the place where the bodies of my fathers are at rest, has been made waste and its doorways burned with fire?

Verse ConceptsGatesArchaeologyCitizens, Christian DutiesDestruction Of JerusalemCity GatesBurning Jerusalem

And Mordecai came back to the king's doorway. But Haman went quickly back to his house, sad and with his head covered.

Verse ConceptsCovering HeadsSitting In The GatewayPeople Mourning CatastropheGod's TimingGods Timing

Lifting up those who are low, and putting the sad in a safe place;

Verse ConceptsSafetyProsperityGod Lifting PeopleNot Mourning

So have you now become to me; you see my sad condition and are in fear.

Verse ConceptsFear Will ComeBeing Scaredfriendliness

If I say, I will put my grief out of mind, I will let my face be sad no longer and I will be bright;

Verse ConceptsComplaintsComplaining

But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Practice OfClothHumilityPrayer, Practicalities OfCaring For The SickSick IndividualsHow To FastHumbling OneselfFastingFasting And Prayer

When one man puts his hand on another in his father's house, and says, You have clothing, be our ruler and be responsible for us in our sad condition:

Verse ConceptsArchaeologyOuter Garments

The fishermen will be sad, and all those who put fishing-lines into the Nile will be full of grief, and those whose nets are stretched out on the waters will have sorrow in their hearts.

Verse ConceptsFishesLamentingNetsOccupationsFishermen

And the makers of twisted thread will be crushed, and those who ... will be sad in heart.

Verse ConceptsWagesPoolsMetaphorical Pillars

I have seen his ways, and I will make him well: I will give him rest, comforting him and his people who are sad.

Verse ConceptsRestitutionGod HealsGod Will ComfortGod's Healing LoveHealing And ComfortHope And Healing

We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.

Verse ConceptsdovesRumblingBird SoundsFar From OneNo JusticeThose Not Saved

To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad;

Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsAfflictions, Consolation DuringA Time Of SalvationGod Executes VengeanceGod Will Comfort

The ways of Zion are sad, because no one comes to the holy meeting; all her doorways are made waste, her priests are breathing out sorrow: her virgins are troubled, and it is bitter for her.

Verse ConceptsSighingPilgrimageRoadsTragedy On The StreetsFestivals DisregardedMourning Due To CatastropheNo One To Be Found

Because with your false words you have given pain to the heart of the upright man when I had not made him sad; in order to make strong the hands of the evil-doer so that he may not be turned from his evil way and get life:

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinNot Turning AsideKeeping Oneself AlivePeople Encouraging Others

So these are the words of the Lord, the God of armies, the Lord: There will be weeping in all the open spaces; and in all the streets they will say, Sorrow! sorrow! and they will get in the farmer to the weeping, and the makers of sad songs to give cries of grief.

Verse ConceptsGesturesFarmersMourningRoadsMournersWailingCity SquaresGod As A WarriorHighways

Related Words

Bible Theasaurus

Distressing (22 instances)
Lamentable (1 instance)
Pitiful (6 instances)
Sorry (33 instances)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain