Grief

And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.

Do not take your servant for a wicked woman, for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief.”

Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.

“If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.

My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.

My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.

But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.

For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.

My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.

A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.

For with much wisdom comes much sorrow, and as knowledge grows, grief increases.

Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.

My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.

Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.

My eyes bring grief to my soul because of all the daughters of my city.

Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,

But you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.

You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria.

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

And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?

Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials

As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’

As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’

Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”