Genesis 44:34
44:34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn’t bear to see
my father’s pain.”
Jeremiah 4:19
4:19 I said,
“Oh, the feeling in the pit of my stomach!
I writhe in anguish.
Oh, the pain in my heart!
My heart pounds within me.
I cannot keep silent.
For I hear the sound of the trumpet;
the sound of the battle cry pierces my soul!
Jeremiah 9:1
9:1 (8:23) I wish that my head were a well full of water
and my eyes were a fountain full of tears!
If they were, I could cry day and night
for those of my dear people who have been killed.
Luke 19:41-42
Jesus Weeps for Jerusalem under Judgment
19:41 Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,
19:42 saying, “If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
Romans 9:2-3
9:2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
9:3 For I could wish
that I myself were accursed – cut off from Christ – for the sake of my people,
my fellow countrymen,
Romans 10:1
10:1 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation.