2Cor 2:4, 2Ti 1:4, Heb 5:7, 12:17 | ESV | STEP | For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears , not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you .

2 Corinthians 2:4

4 For ^aI wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

2 Timothy 1:4

4 ^bAs I remember your tears, ^cI long to see you, that I may be filled with joy.

Hebrews 5:7

7 In the days of his flesh, ^dJesus ^{▼▼Greek he} offered up prayers and supplications, ^fwith loud cries and tears, to him ^gwho was able to save him from death, and ^hhe was heard because of his reverence.

Hebrews 12:17

17 For you know that ⁱafterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.