14 occurrences

'Weeping' in the Bible

And till evening they gave themselves to sorrow and weeping, and took no food, weeping for Saul and for Jonathan, his son, and for the people of the Lord and for the men of Israel; because they had come to their end by the sword.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfEveningLossWeepingAction Until EveningFasting In MourningMourning The Death Of Others

And her husband went with her as far as Bahurim, weeping while he went. Then Abner said to him, Go back. And he went back.

Verse ConceptsWeeping

And they put Abner's body to rest in Hebron; and the king and all the people were weeping loudly by the resting-place of Abner's body.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Experience OfMourning The Death Of OthersBurying places

Your hands were free, your feet were not chained: like the downfall of a man before evil men, so was your fall. And the weeping of the people over him went on again.

Verse ConceptsWeepingTying UpBronze Shackles

And when the wife of Uriah had news that her husband was dead, she gave herself up to weeping for him.

Verse ConceptsMourning The Death Of Others

And when the days of weeping were past, David sent for her, and took her into his house, and she became his wife and gave him a son. But the Lord was not pleased with the thing David had done.

Verse ConceptsSexual Sin, Nature OfSin, And God's CharacterDavid's Wives

Then his servants said to him, Why have you been acting in this way? you were weeping and going without food while the child was still living; but when the child was dead, you got up and had a meal.

Verse ConceptsPeople EatingWhat Do You Do?Death Of A Child

And he said, While the child was still living I went without food and gave myself up to weeping: for I said, Who is able to say that the Lord will not have mercy on me and give the child life?

Verse ConceptsKept Alive By MenThe Death Of Babies

And while he was talking, the king's sons came, with weeping and loud cries: and the king and all his servants were weeping bitterly.

Verse ConceptsMourning The Death Of Others

And Joab sent to Tekoa and got from there a wise woman, and said to her, Now make yourself seem like one given up to grief, and put on the clothing of sorrow, not using any sweet oil for your body, but looking like one who for a long time has been weeping for the dead:

Verse ConceptsAnointing With OilBereavement, Expression OfMourningOintmentUnhappinessAnointing OneselfPretendingDistinctive Clothing

And there was great weeping in all the country when all the people went through; and the king himself was waiting in the Kidron valley and all the people went by him in the direction of the olive-tree on the edge of the waste land.

Verse ConceptsValleysTemporary Stay In The Wilderness

And David went up the slopes of the Mount of Olives weeping all the way, with his head covered and no shoes on his feet: and all the people who were with him, covering their heads, went up weeping.

Verse ConceptsBarefeetHead coveringSelf PitySuffering, Emotional Aspects OfVeilsWeepingShoes

And word was given to Joab that the king was weeping and sorrowing for Absalom.

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessTelling Of People's SituationsMourning The Death Of Others

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