Nave’s Topical Bible
Sorrow
23 Bible references
Sub-topics and passages
- God takes notice
- Of Hagar's
- Of the Israelites
- For sin
See REPENTANCE
- No sorrow in heaven
- "Sorrow and sighing will flee away,"
- Of Hannah
- Of David for Absalom
- Of Mary and Martha
- Of Jeremiah
- Of Jesus
Isaiah 53:11; Matthew 26:37-44; Mark 14:34-42; Luke 22:42-44
- From bereavement
- Of Jacob for Joseph
- For Benjamin
- Of the lost
Matthew 8:12; Matthew 13:42,50; Matthew 22:13; Matthew 24:51; Matthew 25:30; Luke 13:28; Luke 16:23
See SUFFERING
Bible verses about “Sorrow”
The first verses cited, in the King James Version.
- Genesis 21:17And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
- Genesis 21:18Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation.
- Genesis 21:19And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
- Genesis 21:20And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
- Exodus 3:7And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
- Exodus 3:8And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
- Exodus 3:9Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
- Exodus 3:10Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.
- 2 Corinthians 7:10For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
- 2 Corinthians 7:11For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
- Revelation 21:4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
- Isaiah 35:10And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- 1 Samuel 1:15And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.
- 2 Samuel 18:33And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
- 2 Samuel 19:1And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.
- 2 Samuel 19:2And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.
- 2 Samuel 19:3And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.
- 2 Samuel 19:4But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!
- 2 Samuel 19:5And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines;
- 2 Samuel 19:6In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
- 2 Samuel 19:7Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the Lord, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
- 2 Samuel 19:8Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.
- John 11:19And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
- John 11:20Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
- John 11:21Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
- John 11:22But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
- John 11:23Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
- John 11:24Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
- John 11:25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
- John 11:26And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
- John 11:27She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
- John 11:28And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee.
- John 11:29As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.
- John 11:30Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him.
- John 11:31The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
- John 11:32Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.
- John 11:33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
- John 11:34And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
- John 11:35Jesus wept.
- John 11:36Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!