Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Tear’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.
The term ‘Tear’ occurs 82 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.
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Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 40:19 after which Pharaoh will carry away your head, and also suspend you from a cross, and the birds will tear your flesh.”Genesis 40:19
Genesis 43:30 And he hurried out, because his heart had been moved over his brother, and tears gushed out. And going into his chamber, he wept.Genesis 43:30
Number of the word / term Tear in Genesis: 2
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Exodus
Exodus 21:14 If someone murders his neighbor with deliberation, by lying in wait, you shall tear him away from my altar, so that he may die.Exodus 21:14
Number of the word / term Tear in Exodus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Leviticus
Leviticus 13:56 But if the place of the leprosy has become somewhat darker, after the garment has been washed, he shall tear it away, and separate it from the part that is sound.Leviticus 13:56
Number of the word / term Tear in Leviticus: 1
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 16:14 You have led us, it is true, to a land that flows with streams of milk and honey, and you have given us possession of fields and vineyards. But will you also tear out our eyes? We will not come.”Numbers 16:14
Numbers 22:4 said to those greater by birth of Midian: “So will this people wipe away all those who are dwelling within our borders, in the same way that the ox is accustomed to tear out grass, all the way to the roots.” At that time, he was king of Moab.Numbers 22:4
Number of the word / term Tear in Numbers: 2
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Judges
Judges 2:5 And the name of that place was called, the Place of Weeping, or the Place of Tears. And they immolated victims to the Lord in that place.Judges 2:5
Judges 14:16 And she shed tears before Samson, and she complained, saying: “You hate me, and you do not love me. That is why you do not want to explain to me the problem, which you have proposed to the sons of my people.” But he responded: “I was not willing to reveal it to my father and mother. And so, how can I reveal it to you?”Judges 14:16
Number of the word / term Tear in Judges: 2
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 28:17 For the Lord will do to you just as he spoke by my hand. And he will tear your kingdom from your hand. And he will give it to your neighbor David.1 Samuel 28:17
1 Samuel 30:4 David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices. And they mourned until the tears in them failed.1 Samuel 30:4
Number of the word / term Tear in 1 Samuel: 2
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 21:10 Then Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah, taking a haircloth, spread it under herself on a rock, from the beginning of the harvest until water dropped from heaven upon them. And she did not permit the birds to tear them by day, nor the beasts by night.2 Samuel 21:10
Number of the word / term Tear in 2 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book 1 Kings
1 Kings 11:11 And so, the Lord said to Solomon: “Because you have this with you, and because you have not kept my covenant and my precepts, which I commanded to you, I will tear apart your kingdom, and I will give it to your servant.1 Kings 11:11
1 Kings 11:12 Yet truly, I will not do it in your days, for the sake of your father David. From the hand of your son, I will tear it away.1 Kings 11:12
1 Kings 11:31 And he said to Jeroboam: “Take ten pieces for yourself. For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I will tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon, and I will give to you ten tribes.1 Kings 11:31
Number of the word / term Tear in 1 Kings: 3
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 8:12 And Hazael said to him, “Why is my lord weeping?” And he said: “Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel. Their fortified cities you will burn with fire. And their young men you will kill with the sword. And you will destroy their little ones, and tear open the pregnant women.”2 Kings 8:12
2 Kings 20:5 “Return and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: Thus says the Lord, the God of your father David: I have heard your prayer, and I have seen your tears. And behold, I have healed you. On the third day, you shall ascend to the temple of the Lord.2 Kings 20:5
Number of the word / term Tear in 2 Kings: 2
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Job
Job 12:14 If he tears down, there is no one who can build up; if he encloses a man, there is no one who can open.Job 12:14
Job 16:20 My friends are full of words; my eye rains tears upon God.Job 16:20
Number of the word / term Tear in Job: 2
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 6:6 I have labored in my groaning. Every night, with my tears, I will wash my bed and drench my blanket.Psalm 6:6
Psalm 39:12 O Lord, heed my prayer and my supplication. Pay attention to my tears. Do not be silent. For I am a newcomer with you, and a sojourner, just as all my fathers were.Psalm 39:12
Psalm 42:3 My tears have been my bread, day and night. Meanwhile, it is said to me daily: “Where is your God?”Psalm 42:3
Psalm 56:9 O God, I have announced my life to you. You have placed my tears in your sight, and even in your promise.Psalm 56:9
Psalm 80:5 How long will you feed us the bread of tears, and give us to drink a full measure of tears?Psalm 80:5
Psalm 84:6 from the valley of tears, from the place which he has determined.Psalm 84:6
Psalm 116:8 For he has rescued my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from slipping.Psalm 116:8
Psalm 126:5 Those who sow in tears shall reap in exultation.Psalm 126:5
Number of the word / term Tear in Psalm: 8
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Proverbs
Proverbs 30:17 The eye of one who mocks his father and who despises the childbearing of his mother, let the ravens of the torrent tear it out, and let the sons of the eagles consume it.Proverbs 30:17
Number of the word / term Tear in Proverbs: 1
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes 3:3 A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to tear down, and a time to build up.Ecclesiastes 3:3
Ecclesiastes 4:1 I turned myself to other things, and I saw the false accusations which are carried out under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and that there was no one to console them; and that they were not able to withstand their violence, being destitute of all help.Ecclesiastes 4:1
Ecclesiastes 10:8 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever tears apart a hedge, a snake will bite him.Ecclesiastes 10:8
Number of the word / term Tear in Ecclesiastes: 3
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 7:6 “Let us ascend to Judah, and stir it up, and tear it away for ourselves, and appoint the son of Tabeel as a king in its midst.”Isaiah 7:6
Isaiah 10:6 I will send him to a deceitful nation, and I will order him against the people of my fury, so that he may take away the plunder, and tear apart the prey, and place it to be trampled like the mud of the streets.Isaiah 10:6
Isaiah 16:9 I will weep with the tears of Jazer over this, the vineyard of Sibmah. I will inebriate you with my tears, Heshbon and Elealeh! For the sound of those who trample has rushed over your vintage and over your harvest.Isaiah 16:9
Isaiah 23:9 The Lord of hosts has planned this, so that he may tear down the arrogance of all glory, and may bring disgrace to all the illustrious of the earth.Isaiah 23:9
Isaiah 25:8 He will violently cast down death forever. And the Lord God will take away the tears from every face, and he will take away the disgrace of his people from the entire earth. For the Lord has spoken it.Isaiah 25:8
Isaiah 26:5 For he will bend down those living in the heights. He will bring low the lofty city. He will lower it, even to the ground. He will tear it down, even to the dust.Isaiah 26:5
Isaiah 38:5 “Go and say to Hezekiah: Thus says the Lord, the God of David, your father: I have heard your prayer, and I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your days.Isaiah 38:5
Isaiah 49:17 Your builders have arrived. Those who would tear you down and destroy you, they will depart from you.Isaiah 49:17
Number of the word / term Tear in Isaiah: 8
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 5:10 Scale its walls and tear them down. But do not be willing to bring about its very end. Take away its plantings, for they are not the Lord’s.Jeremiah 5:10
Jeremiah 9:1 “Who will provide water for my head, and a fount of tears for my eyes? And then I will weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people.Jeremiah 9:1
Jeremiah 9:18 ‘Let them hasten to take up a lamentation over us. Let our eyes shed tears, and our eyelids run with water.’Jeremiah 9:18
Jeremiah 13:17 But if you will not listen to this, then my soul will weep in secret before the face of your pride. It will weep bitterly, and my eyes will flow with tears, because the flock of the Lord has been taken captive.Jeremiah 13:17
Jeremiah 14:17 And you shall speak this word to them: Let my eyes shed tears throughout the night and day, and let them not cease. For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed by a great affliction, by a very grievous wound.”Jeremiah 14:17
Jeremiah 15:3 And I will visit against them in four ways, says the Lord: by the sword, to kill; and by dogs, to tear apart; and by the birds of the air and by the beasts of the earth, to devour and to scatter.Jeremiah 15:3
Jeremiah 22:10 You should not choose to weep for the dead, nor should you mourn over them with tears. Lament for him who is departing, for he will return no more, nor will he see his native land again.Jeremiah 22:10
Jeremiah 23:1 “Woe to the shepherds who scatter and tear apart the sheep of my pasture, says the Lord.Jeremiah 23:1
Jeremiah 24:6 And I will set my eyes upon them, so as to be pleased. And I will lead them back into this land. And I will build them up, and I will not tear them down. And I will plant them, and I will not uproot them.Jeremiah 24:6
Jeremiah 31:16 Thus says the Lord: “Let your voice cease from crying and your eyes from tears. For there is a reward for your work, says the Lord. And they will return from the land of the enemy.Jeremiah 31:16
Jeremiah 31:28 And just as I have watched over them, so that I may root up, and tear down, and scatter, and destroy, and afflict, so will I watch over them, so that I may build and plant them, says the Lord.Jeremiah 31:28
Jeremiah 42:10 If you dwell quietly in this land, I will build you up, and I will not tear you down. I will plant you, and I will not uproot you. For now I have been appeased by the harm that I have done to you.Jeremiah 42:10
Number of the word / term Tear in Jeremiah: 12
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 1:2 BETH. Weeping, she has wept through the night, and her tears are on her cheeks. There is no one to be a comfort to her and to all her beloved. All her friends have spurned her, and they have become her enemies.Lamentations 1:2
Lamentations 2:8 HETH. The Lord has decided to tear down the wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out his measuring line, and he has not turn away his hand from perdition. And the rampart has mourned, and with the wall it has been torn apart.Lamentations 2:8
Lamentations 2:11 CAPH. My eyes have exhausted their tears. My internal organs have become disturbed. My liver has been poured out on the earth, over the grief of the daughter of my people, when the little ones and the infants passed away in the streets of the town.Lamentations 2:11
Lamentations 2:18 SADE. Their heart cried out to the Lord from the walls of the daughter of Zion. Let tears run down like a torrent throughout the day and the night. Do not give rest to yourself, and do not allow the pupil of your eye to cease.Lamentations 2:18
Number of the word / term Tear in Lamentations: 4
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 13:20 Because of this, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against your little pillows, with which you catch flying souls. And I will tear them away from your arms. And I will release the souls that you are capturing, the souls that should fly.Ezekiel 13:20
Ezekiel 13:21 And I will tear away your little cushions. And I will free my people from your hand. And they shall no longer be a prey in your hands. And you shall know that I am the Lord.Ezekiel 13:21
Ezekiel 17:22 Thus says the Lord God: “I myself will take from the kernel of the exalted cedar, and I will establish it. I will tear off a tender twig from the top of its branches, and I will plant it on a mountain, lofty and exalted.Ezekiel 17:22
Ezekiel 24:16 “Son of man, behold, I am taking away from you, with a stroke, the desire of your eyes. And you shall not lament, and you shall not weep. And your tears shall not flow down.Ezekiel 24:16
Ezekiel 26:12 They will lay waste to your wealth. They will despoil your businesses. And they will tear down your walls and overturn your eminent houses. And they will put your stones and your timber and your dust into the midst of the waters.Ezekiel 26:12
Ezekiel 35:4 I will tear down your cities, and you will be deserted. And you shall know that I am the Lord.Ezekiel 35:4
Number of the word / term Tear in Ezekiel: 6
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Hosea
Hosea 13:8 I will run to meet them like a bear that has been robbed of her young, and I will split open the middle of their liver. And I will devour them there like a lion; the beast of the field will tear them apart.Hosea 13:8
Hosea 13:15 For he will make a division among brothers. The Lord will bring a burning wind, rising up from the desert, and it will dry up his streams, and it will make his fountain desolate, and he will tear apart every collection of desirable useful things.Hosea 13:15
Number of the word / term Tear in Hosea: 2
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Micah
Micah 1:10 Do not be willing to announce it in Gath; may you not lament with tears. In the house of Dust, besprinkle yourselves with dust.Micah 1:10
Micah 2:4 In that day, a parable will be taken up about you, and a song will be sung with sweetness, saying: “We have been devastated by depopulation.” The fate of my people has been altered. How can he withdraw from me, when he might be turned back, he who might tear apart our country?Micah 2:4
Number of the word / term Tear in Micah: 2
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Habakkuk
Habakkuk 2:7 Shall they not suddenly rise up, who would bite you, and be stirred up, who would tear you, so that you will be a prey for them?Habakkuk 2:7
Number of the word / term Tear in Habakkuk: 1
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Malachi
Malachi 2:13 And you have done this repeatedly: you have covered the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping and bellowing, to such an extent that I no longer have respect towards the sacrifice, nor do I accept any appeasement that is from your hands.Malachi 2:13
Number of the word / term Tear in Malachi: 1
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 7:6 Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not cast your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they may trample them under their feet, and then, turning, they may tear you apart.Matthew 7:6
Matthew 9:16 For no one would sew a patch of new cloth onto an old garment. For it pulls its fullness away from the garment, and the tear is made worse.Matthew 9:16
Number of the word / term Tear in Matthew: 2
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Mark
Mark 2:21 No one sews a patch of new cloth onto an old garment. Otherwise, the new addition pulls away from the old, and the tear becomes worse.Mark 2:21
Mark 9:24 And immediately the father of the boy, crying out with tears, said: “I do believe, Lord. Help my unbelief.”Mark 9:24
Number of the word / term Tear in Mark: 2
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Luke
Luke 7:38 And standing behind him, beside his feet, she began to wash his feet with tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, and she kissed his feet, and she anointed them with ointment.Luke 7:38
Luke 7:44 And turning to the woman, he said to Simon: “Do you see this woman? I entered into your house. You gave me no water for my feet. But she has washed my feet with tears, and has wiped them with her hair.Luke 7:44
Luke 9:39 And behold, a spirit takes hold of him, and he suddenly cries out, and it throws him down and convulses him, so that he foams. And though it tears him apart, it leaves him only with difficulty.Luke 9:39
Luke 12:18 And he said: ‘This is what I will do. I will tear down my barns and build larger ones. And into these, I will gather all the things that have been grown for me, as well as my goods.Luke 12:18
Number of the word / term Tear in Luke: 4
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Acts
Acts 20:19 serving the Lord, with all humility and despite the tears and trials which befell me from the treacheries of the Jews,Acts 20:19
Acts 20:31 Because of this, be vigilant, retaining in memory that throughout three years I did not cease, night and day, with tears, to admonish each and every one of you.Acts 20:31
Number of the word / term Tear in Acts: 2
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 2:4 For with much tribulation and anguish of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not so that you would be sorrowful, but so that you might know the charity that I have more abundantly toward you.2 Corinthians 2:4
Number of the word / term Tear in 2 Corinthians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book 2 Timothy
2 Timothy 1:4 desiring to see you, recalling your tears so as to be filled with joy,2 Timothy 1:4
Number of the word / term Tear in 2 Timothy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Hebrews
Hebrews 5:7 It is Christ who, in the days of his flesh, with a strong cry and tears, offered prayers and supplications to the One who was able to save him from death, and who was heard because of his reverence.Hebrews 5:7
Hebrews 12:17 For you know that afterwards, when he desired to inherit the benediction, he was rejected. For he found no place for repentance, even though he had sought it with tears.Hebrews 12:17
Number of the word / term Tear in Hebrews: 2
Bible passages with ‘Tear’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 7:17 For the Lamb, who is in the midst of the throne, will rule over them, and he will lead them to the fountains of the waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”Revelation 7:17
Revelation 21:4 And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. And death shall be no more. And neither mourning, nor crying out, nor grief shall be anymore. For the first things have passed away.”Revelation 21:4
Number of the word / term ‘Tear’ in Revelation: 2
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 82
