Quotes About Sorrow

Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!

“A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”

When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.

He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.

Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”

Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.

The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.

But the man was saddened by these words and went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.

They began to be grieved and to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I?”

Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”

From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.

And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine. He put it on a reed and held it up for Jesus to drink, saying, “Leave Him alone. Let us see if Elijah comes to take Him down.”

As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it

When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

And he went outside and wept bitterly.

And when all the people who had gathered for this spectacle saw what had happened, they returned home beating their breasts.

When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.

Jesus wept.

Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”

After Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit and testified, “Truly, truly, I tell you, one of you will betray Me.”

Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.

Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.