Job 9:27-28
9:27 If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will change my expression and be cheerful,’
9:28 I dread all my sufferings,
for I know that you do not hold me blameless.
Psalms 69:20
69:20 Their insults are painful and make me lose heart;
I look for sympathy, but receive none,
for comforters, but find none.
Psalms 119:28
119:28 I collapse from grief.
Sustain me by your word!
Isaiah 61:3
61:3 to strengthen those who mourn in Zion,
by giving them a turban, instead of ashes,
oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning,
a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor.
Matthew 11:28
11:28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 26:37
26:37 He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed.
Romans 9:2
9:2 I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
Philippians 2:26
2:26 Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill.
Hebrews 12:11
12:11 Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful.
But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness
for those trained by it.
James 4:9
4:9 Grieve, mourn,
and weep. Turn your laughter
into mourning and your joy into despair.