WEEPING

Passages on this topic · 49

• Genesis 23:2

  Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

• Genesis 27:38

  Esau said to his father, “Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father.” Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

• Genesis 33:4

  Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.

• Genesis 37:35

  All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning.” His father wept for him.

• Genesis 42:24

  He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

• Genesis 43:30

  Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and wept there.

• Genesis 45:2

  He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.

• Genesis 45:14

  He fell on his brother Benjamin’s neck, and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

• Genesis 46:29

  Joseph prepared his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

• Genesis 50:1

  Joseph fell on his father’s face, wept on him, and kissed him.

• Genesis 50:17

  ‘You shall tell Joseph, “Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.”’ Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father.” Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

• Judges 2:4

  When Yahweh’s angel spoke these words to all the children of Israel, the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

• Judges 2:5

  They called the name of that place Bochim, and they sacrificed there to Yahweh.

• 1 Samuel 1:17

  Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”

• 1 Samuel 20:41

  As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another, and wept one with another, and David wept the most.

• 2 Samuel 1:17

  David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son

• 2 Samuel 3:32

  They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at Abner’s grave; and all the people wept.

• 2 Samuel 13:36

  As soon as he had finished speaking, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice, and wept. The king also and all his servants wept bitterly.

• 2 Samuel 15:23

  All the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over. The king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness.

• 2 Samuel 15:30

  David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people who were with him each covered his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.

• 2 Samuel 18:33

  The king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate, and wept. As he went, he said, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died for you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

• 2 Kings 20:3

  “Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

• Psalms 126:5

  Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.

• Psalms 126:6

  He who goes out weeping, carrying seed for sowing, will certainly come again with joy, carrying his sheaves.

• Isaiah 38:3

  and said, “Remember now, Yahweh, I beg you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight.” Hezekiah wept bitterly.

• Jeremiah 9:1

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

• Jeremiah 22:10

  Don’t weep for the dead, neither bemoan him; but weep bitterly for him who goes away; for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

• Jeremiah 50:4

  “In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping, and will seek Yahweh their God.

• Joel 2:12

  “Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”

• Amos 5:16

  Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways; and they will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ and they will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.

• Amos 5:17

  In all vineyards there will be wailing; for I will pass through the middle of you,” says Yahweh.

• Matthew 8:12

  but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

• Matthew 22:13

  Then the king said to the servants, ‘Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.’

• Matthew 24:51

  and will cut him in pieces, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites. There is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.

• Matthew 25:30

  Throw out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

• Matthew 26:75

  Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said to him, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” He went out and wept bitterly.

• Mark 14:72

  The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” When he thought about that, he wept.

• Luke 7:38

  Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

• Luke 19:41

  When he came near, he saw the city and wept over it,

• Luke 22:62

  He went out, and wept bitterly.

• John 11:2

  It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.

• John 11:33

  When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

• John 11:35

  Jesus wept.

• John 20:11

  But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb,

• Acts 20:19

  serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;

• Romans 12:15

  Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

• 1 Corinthians 7:30

  and those who weep, as though they didn’t weep; and those who rejoice, as though they didn’t rejoice; and those who buy, as though they didn’t possess;

• Philippians 3:18

  For many walk, of whom I told you often, and now tell you even weeping, as the enemies of the cross of Christ,

• Revelation 7:17

  for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”