Gen 37:35, Est 4:1-4, Pro 18:14, Jer 31:15, Joh 11:31 | ESV | STEP | All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said , No , I shall go down to Sheol to my son , mourning . Thus his father wept for him.

Genesis 37:35

35 All his sons and all his daughters ^arose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, “No, ^bI shall go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.

Esther 4:1-4

Esther Agrees to Help the Jews

1 When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes ^cand put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and he cried out with a loud and bitter cry. 2 He went up to the entrance of the king’s gate, for no one was allowed to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth. 3 And in every province, wherever the king’s command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, ^dwith fasting and weeping and lamenting, and many of them ^elay in sackcloth and ashes.

4 When Esther’s young women and her eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed. She sent garments to clothe Mordecai, so that he might take off his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.

Proverbs 18:14

14 A man’s spirit will endure sickness,
but ^fa crushed spirit who can bear?

Jeremiah 31:15

15 Thus says the Lord:
^g“A voice is heard in ^hRamah,
lamentation and bitter weeping.
ⁱRachel is weeping for her children;
she refuses to be comforted for her children,
^jbecause they are no more.”

John 11:31

31 When the Jews ^kwho were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.