Psalms 6:6-8

6 I am aweary with my bmoaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
7My ceye wastes away because of grief;
it grows weak because of all my foes.
8 dDepart from me, all you eworkers of evil,
for the Lord fhas heard the sound of my weeping.

Psalms 42:3

3 gMy tears have been my food
day and night,
hwhile they say to me all the day long,
“Where is your God?”

Psalms 119:136

136My eyes ished streams of tears,
because people jdo not keep your law.

Psalms 126:5-6

5 kThose who sow in tears
shall reap with shouts of joy!
6He who goes out weeping,
bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
bringing his sheaves with him.

Ecclesiastes 7:2-3

2It is better to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the house of feasting,
for this is the end of all mankind,
and the living will llay it to heart.
3Sorrow is better than laughter,
mfor by sadness of face the heart is made glad.

Isaiah 30:19

19For a people shall dwell nin Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you.

Isaiah 57:17

17Because of the iniquity of his ounjust gain I was angry,
I struck him; I hid my face and was angry,
but he went on backsliding in the way of his own heart.

Luke 6:25

25Woe to you who are full now, for pyou shall be hungry.

Woe to qyou who laugh now, rfor you shall mourn and weep.

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