1Sa 15:35-16:1, Psa 119:136, Jer 9:1, 18, 13:17, Luk 19:41-44, Rom 9:1-3 | ESV | STEP | And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death , but Samuel grieved over Saul . And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel .

35 ^aAnd Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, ^bbut Samuel grieved over Saul. ^cAnd the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

1 Samuel 16:1

David Anointed King

1 The Lord said to Samuel, ^d“How long will you grieve over Saul, since ^eI have rejected him from being king over Israel? ^fFill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, ^gfor I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”

Psalms 119:136

136 My eyes ^hshed streams of tears,
because people ⁱdo not keep your law.

Jeremiah 9:1

1 ^{▼▼Ch 8:23 in Hebrew} ^kOh that my head were waters,
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night
for the slain of ^lthe daughter of my people!

Jeremiah 9:18

18 let them make haste ^mand raise a wailing over us,
ⁿthat our eyes may run down with tears
and our eyelids flow with water.

Jeremiah 13:17

17 But if you will not listen,
^omy soul will weep in secret for your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears,
because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.

Luke 19:41-44

Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem

41 ^pAnd when he drew near and saw the city, ^qhe wept over it, 42 saying, ^r“Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now ^sthey are hidden from your eyes. 43 For ^tthe days will come upon you, when your enemies ^uwill set up a barricade around you and ^vsurround you and hem you in on every side 44 ^wand tear you down to the ground, you and your children within you. And ^xthey will not leave one stone upon another in you, because you did not know ^ythe time of your ^zvisitation.”

Romans 9:1-3

God’s Sovereign Choice

1 ^aaI am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For ^abI could wish that I myself were ^acaccursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} my kinsmen ^aeaccording to the flesh.