Blessed [are you] who hunger now, For you shall be filled. Blessed [are you] who weep now, For you shall laugh.

So Peter went out and wept bitterly.

So it was, when the Angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept.

Then they called the name of that place Bochim; and they sacrificed there to the LORD.

Now while Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping, and bowing down before the house of God, a very large assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept very bitterly.

I am weary with my groaning; All night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears.

Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; For the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.

For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin.

The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart -- These, O God, You will not despise.

Those who sow in tears Shall reap in joy.

He who continually goes forth weeping, Bearing seed for sowing, Shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, Bringing his sheaves [with him.]

To console those who mourn in Zion, To give them beauty for ashes, The oil of joy for mourning, The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; That they may be called trees of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified."

They shall come with weeping, And with supplications I will lead them. I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters, In a straight way in which they shall not stumble; For I am a Father to Israel, And Ephraim [is] My firstborn.

" I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself: 'You have chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained bull; Restore me, and I will return, For You [are] the LORD my God.

[Is] Ephraim My dear son? [Is he] a pleasant child? For though I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the LORD.

" Now, therefore," says the LORD, "Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning."

" And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they pierced. Yes, they will mourn for Him as one mourns for [his] only [son,] and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn.

Blessed [are] those who mourn, For they shall be comforted.

For godly sorrow produces repentance [leading] to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.

For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, [what] clearing [of yourselves, what] indignation, [what] fear, [what] vehement desire, [what] zeal, [what] vindication! In all [things] you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.

Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and [your] joy to gloom.

Then He turned to the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has washed My feet with her tears and wiped [them] with the hair of her head.

"Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself.

After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe [them] with the towel with which He was girded.

"You gave Me no kiss, but this woman has not ceased to kiss My feet since the time I came in.

"You did not anoint My head with oil, but this woman has anointed My feet with fragrant oil.

Let your garments always be white, And let your head lack no oil.

Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, Your name [is] ointment poured forth; Therefore the virgins love you.

You went to the king with ointment, And increased your perfumes; You sent your messengers far off, And [even] descended to Sheol.