John 11:33
11:33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people
who had come with her weeping, he was intensely moved
in spirit and greatly distressed.
Genesis 43:30
43:30 Joseph hurried out, for he was overcome by affection for his brother
and was at the point of tears.
So he went to his room and wept there.
Job 30:25
30:25 Have I not wept for the unfortunate?
Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
Psalms 35:13-15
35:13 When they were sick, I wore sackcloth,
and refrained from eating food.
(If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!)
35:14 I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother.
I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.
35:15 But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together;
they gathered together to ambush me.
They tore at me without stopping to rest.
Psalms 119:136
119:136 Tears stream down from my eyes,
because people do not keep your law.
Isaiah 53:3
53:3 He was despised and rejected by people,
one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness;
people hid their faces from him;
he was despised, and we considered him insignificant.
Isaiah 63:9
63:9 Through all that they suffered, he suffered too.
The messenger sent from his very presence delivered them.
In his love and mercy he protected them;
he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times.
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.
Jeremiah 13:17
13:17 But if you will not pay attention to this warning,
I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride.
I will weep bitterly and my eyes will overflow with tears
because you, the Lord’s flock, will be carried into exile.”
Jeremiah 14:17
Lament over Present Destruction and Threat of More to Come
14:17 “Tell these people this, Jeremiah:
‘My eyes overflow with tears
day and night without ceasing.
For my people, my dear children, have suffered a crushing blow.
They have suffered a serious wound.
Lamentations 1:16
ע (Ayin)
1:16 I weep because of these things;
my eyes flow with tears.
For there is no one in sight who can comfort me
or encourage me.
My children are desolated
because an enemy has prevailed.
Luke 19:11
The Parable of the Ten Minas
19:11 While the people were listening to these things, Jesus proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.
Luke 19:41
Jesus Weeps for Jerusalem under Judgment
19:41 Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,
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,
Hebrews 2:16-17
2:16 For surely his concern is not for angels, but he is concerned for Abraham’s descendants.
2:17 Therefore he had
to be made like his brothers and sisters
in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement
for the sins of the people.
Hebrews 4:15
4:15 For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.