Dan 10:2-3, 19, Zec 12:10-14, Luk 6:21, 25, Joh 16:20-22, 2Cor 7:9-11 | ESV | STEP | In those days I , Daniel , was mourning for three weeks .

2 In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for ^athree weeks. 3 I ate no delicacies, no meat or wine entered my mouth, nor did I ^banoint myself at all, for ^cthe full three weeks.

Daniel 10:19

19 And he said, ^d“O man greatly loved, ^efear not, peace be with you; be strong and of good courage.” And as he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”

Zechariah 12:10-14

Him Whom They Have Pierced

10 “And ^fI will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and ^gpleas for mercy, so that, ^hwhen they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, ⁱthey shall mourn for him, ^jas one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn. 11 ^kOn that day ^lthe mourning in Jerusalem will be as great ^mas the mourning for Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. 12 The land shall mourn, ⁿeach family ^{▼▼Or clan; also verses 13, 14} by itself: the family of the house of David by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of ^pNathan by itself, and their wives by themselves; 13 the family of the house of Levi by itself, and their wives by themselves; the family of ^qthe Shimeites by itself, and their wives by themselves; 14 and all the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves.

Luke 6:21

21 ^r“Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied.

^s“Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.

Luke 6:25

25 “Woe to you who are full now, for ^tyou shall be hungry.

“Woe to ^uyou who laugh now, ^vfor you shall mourn and weep.

John 16:20-22

20 Truly, truly, I say to you, ^wyou will weep and lament, but ^xthe world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but ^yyour sorrow will turn into joy. 21 ^zWhen 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 ^aaSo also you have sorrow now, but ^abI will see you again, and ^acyour hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

2 Corinthians 7:9-11

9 As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but ^adbecause you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.

10 For ^aegodly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas ^afworldly grief produces death. 11 For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, ^agwhat zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the matter.