The word in Scripture

Sorrow in the Bible

The word sorrow appears 70 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Sorrow is deep grief; Scripture does not hide it but meets it. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What sorrow means in the Bible

Sorrow is deep grief; Scripture does not hide it but meets it.

Where the word sorrow appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word sorrow appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?”Psalms 13:2

“Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.”Psalms 55:10

“Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.”Isaiah 29:2

“Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.”Isaiah 65:14

“And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,”Luke 22:45

“But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.”John 16:6

“That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.”Romans 9:2

“And 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.”Revelation 21:4