Quotes about Weep
Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity. The right to life does not depend, and must not be contingent, on the pleasure of anyone else, not even a parent or sovereign. ...You must weep that your own government, at present, seems blind to this truth.
- Mother Teresa
Then Jacob kissed Rachel and wept aloud.
- Genesis 29:11
Then Joseph fell upon his father’s face, wept over him, and kissed him.
- Genesis 50:1
O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and luxury, who decked your garments with ornaments of gold.
- 2 Samuel 1:24
Elisha fixed his gaze steadily on him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the man of God began to weep.
- 2 Kings 8:11
When Elisha had fallen sick with the illness from which he would die, Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him, saying, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”
- 2 Kings 13:14
His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.
- Job 27:15
if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
- Job 31:38
a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
- Ecclesiastes 3:4
So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest.
- Isaiah 16:9
Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
- Isaiah 33:7
But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
- Jeremiah 13:17