Quotes about Sadness
When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
- 2 Samuel 11:26
But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
- 2 Samuel 15:30
During the night this woman’s son died because she rolled over on him.
- 1 Kings 3:19
Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
- 1 Chronicles 7:22
Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
- Nehemiah 2:1
so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear
- Nehemiah 2:2
and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
- Nehemiah 2:3
My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;
- Job 16:16
My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.
- Job 30:31
I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
- Psalm 6:6
Even in laughter the heart may ache, and joy may end in sorrow.
- Proverbs 14:13
Sorrow is better than laughter, for a sad countenance is good for the heart.
- Ecclesiastes 7:3