Bible Verses About Tears

Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.

Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

Jesus wept.

But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock is carried away captive.

And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.

My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down.

And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept.

And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.

And ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.

Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.

Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.

My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the Lord.

And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.

And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore.

Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.