1Sa 1:8, Psa 43:3-5, Ecc 3:4, Jer 31:16, Joh 14:27-28, 16:6-7, 20-22, 20:15 | ESV | STEP | And Elkanah , her husband , said to her, Hannah , why do you weep ? And why do you not eat ? And why is your heart sad ? Am I not more to you than ten sons ?

1 Samuel 1:8

8 And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? ^aAm I not more to you than ten sons?”

Psalms 43:3-5

3 ^bSend out your light and your truth;
let them lead me;
let them bring me to your ^choly hill
and to your ^ddwelling!
4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
O God, my God.
5 ^eWhy are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
^fHope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.

Ecclesiastes 3:4

4 a time to ^gweep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to ^hdance;

Jeremiah 31:16

16 Thus says the Lord:
“Keep your voice from weeping,
and your eyes from tears,
for there is a reward for your work,

declares the Lord,
and ⁱthey shall come back from the land of the enemy.

John 14:27-28

27 ^jPeace I leave with you; ^kmy peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. ^lLet not your hearts be troubled, neither ^mlet them be afraid. 28 ⁿYou heard me say to you, ^o‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I ^pam going to the Father, for ^qthe Father is greater than I.

John 16:6-7

6 But because I have said these things to you, ^rsorrow has filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for ^sif I do not go away, ^tthe Helper will not come to you. But ^uif ^vI go, ^wI will send him to you.

John 16:20-22

20 Truly, truly, I say to you, ^xyou will weep and lament, but ^ythe world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but ^zyour sorrow will turn into joy. 21 ^aaWhen a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22 ^abSo also you have sorrow now, but ^acI will see you again, and ^adyour hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

John 20:15

15 Jesus said to her, ^ae“Woman, why are you weeping? ^afWhom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be ^agthe gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”