The word in Scripture

Weeping in the Bible

The word weeping appears 44 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Weeping is grief poured out; God keeps our tears. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What weeping means in the Bible

Weeping is grief poured out; God keeps our tears.

Where the word weeping appears

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

“Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.”Psalms 6:8

“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”Psalms 30:5

“And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:”Isaiah 22:12

“But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”Matthew 8:12

“And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”Matthew 24:51

“When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,”John 11:33

“But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,”John 20:11

“The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,”Revelation 18:15