Bible verses about Sorrow
Verses for deep sadness and for the sorrow that leads to God.
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
Psalms 42:5The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
Psalms 34:18Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
2 Corinthians 7:10Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
2 Corinthians 7:11For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Psalms 30:5Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
Psalms 126:5He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.
Psalms 126:6Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Matthew 5:4Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
John 16:20I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
Psalms 6:6Then the maidens will rejoice with dancing, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into joy, and give them comfort and joy for their sorrow.
Jeremiah 31:13He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
Isaiah 53:3Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:4Remember my affliction and wandering, the wormwood and the gall.
Lamentations 3:19Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
Psalms 31:9For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.
Psalms 31:10Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:3Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
Proverbs 14:13My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
Psalms 119:28