Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Weeping’ 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 ‘Weeping’ occurs 70 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 ‘Weeping’ in the book Genesis
Genesis 35:8 About the same time, Deborah, the nurse of Rebekah, died, and she was buried at the base of Bethel, under an oak tree. And the name of that place was called, ‘Oak of Weeping.’Genesis 35:8
Genesis 37:35 Then, when all of his sons gathered together to ease their father’s sorrow, he was not willing to accept consolation, but he said: “I will descend in mourning to my son in the underworld.” And while he persevered in weeping,Genesis 37:35
Genesis 45:2 And he lifted up his voice with weeping, which the Egyptians heard, along with the entire house of Pharaoh.Genesis 45:2
Genesis 50:1 Joseph, realizing this, fell upon his father’s face, weeping and kissing him.Genesis 50:1
Number of the word / term Weeping in Genesis: 4
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Numbers
Numbers 11:4 So then, the mix of common people, who had ascended with them, were enflamed with desire, and sitting and weeping, with the sons of Israel joining them, they said, “Who will give us flesh to eat?Numbers 11:4
Numbers 11:10 And so, Moses heard the people weeping by their families, each one at the door of his tent. And the fury of the Lord was greatly enflamed. And to Moses also the matter seemed intolerable.Numbers 11:10
Numbers 25:6 And behold, one of the sons of Israel entered, in the sight of his brothers, to a prostitute of Midian, within view of Moses and of all the crowd of the sons of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle.Numbers 25:6
Number of the word / term Weeping in Numbers: 3
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 1:45 And when you returned and were weeping in the sight of the Lord, he would not hear you, nor was he willing to agree to your voice.Deuteronomy 1:45
Number of the word / term Weeping in Deuteronomy: 1
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Judges
Judges 2:1 And an Angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to the Place of Weeping, and he said: “I led you away from Egypt, and I led you into the land, about which I swore to your fathers. And I promised that I would not nullify my covenant with you, even forever:Judges 2:1
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
Number of the word / term Weeping in Judges: 2
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 1:10 And since Hannah was bitter in soul, she prayed to the Lord, weeping greatly.1 Samuel 1:10
Number of the word / term Weeping in 1 Samuel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 3:16 And her husband was following her, weeping, as far as Bahurim. And Abner said to him, “Go and return.” And he returned.2 Samuel 3:16
2 Samuel 12:21 But his servants said to him: “What is this word that you have done? You fasted and were weeping, on behalf of the infant, while he was still alive. But when the boy was dead, you arose and ate bread.”2 Samuel 12:21
2 Samuel 13:36 And when he had ceased speaking, the sons of the king also appeared. And entering, they lifted up their voice, and they wept. And the king also, and all his servants, wept with an exceedingly great weeping.2 Samuel 13:36
2 Samuel 15:30 But David ascended to the Mount of Olives, climbing and weeping, advancing with bare feet and with his head covered. Moreover, all the people who were with him ascended, weeping with their heads covered.2 Samuel 15:30
2 Samuel 19:1 Now it was reported to Joab that the king was weeping and mourning for his son.2 Samuel 19:1
Number of the word / term Weeping in 2 Samuel: 5
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book 2 Kings
2 Kings 13:14 Now Elisha was sick of the infirmity from which he also died. And Joash, the king of Israel, descended to him. And he was weeping before him, and saying: “My father, my father! The chariot of Israel and its driver!”2 Kings 13:14
2 Kings 20:3 “I beg you, O Lord, I beseech you, remember how I have walked before you in truth, and with a perfect heart, and how I have done what is pleasing before you.” And then Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.2 Kings 20:3
Number of the word / term Weeping in 2 Kings: 2
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Ezra
Ezra 3:13 Neither could anyone distinguish between the voice of clamor of joy, and a voice of weeping of the people. For the shouting of the people mixed into a great clamor, and the voice was heard from far away.Ezra 3:13
Ezra 10:1 Therefore, as Ezra was praying, and imploring, and weeping in this way, and was prostrate before the temple of God, an exceedingly great assembly of men and women and children was gathered to him from Israel. And the people wept with a great weeping.Ezra 10:1
Number of the word / term Weeping in Ezra: 2
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Nehemiah
Nehemiah 8:9 Then Nehemiah (the same is the cupbearer) and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites, who were interpreting for all the people, said: “This day has been sanctified to the Lord our God. Do not mourn, and do not weep.” For all of the people were weeping, as they were listening to the words of the law.Nehemiah 8:9
Number of the word / term Weeping in Nehemiah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Esther
Esther 3:15 The couriers, who had been sent, hurried to complete the king’s command, but the edict was hung up in Susa immediately. And the king and Haman celebrated a feast, while all the Jews in the city were weeping.Esther 3:15
Esther 4:3 Likewise, in all provinces, towns, and places where the king’s cruel decision arrived, there was extraordinary mourning among the Jews with fasting, wailing, and weeping, with many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed.Esther 4:3
Number of the word / term Weeping in Esther: 2
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Job
Job 16:16 My face is swollen from weeping, and my eyelids have dimmed my vision.Job 16:16
Job 30:31 My harp has been turned into mourning, and my pipes have been turned into a voice of weeping.Job 30:31
Number of the word / term Weeping in Job: 2
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Psalm
Psalm 6:8 Scatter before me, all you who work iniquity, for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.Psalm 6:8
Psalm 30:5 For wrath is in his indignation, and life is in his will. Toward evening, weeping will linger, and toward morning, gladness.Psalm 30:5
Psalm 102:9 For I chewed on ashes like bread, and I mixed weeping into my drink.Psalm 102:9
Number of the word / term Weeping in Psalm: 3
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Isaiah
Isaiah 15:3 At their crossroads, they have been wrapped with sackcloth. On their rooftops and in their streets, everyone descends, wailing and weeping.Isaiah 15:3
Isaiah 15:5 My heart will cry out to Moab; its bars will cry out even to Zoar, like a three-year-old calf. For they will ascend weeping, by way of the ascent of Luhith. And along the way of Horonaim, they will lift up a cry of contrition.Isaiah 15:5
Isaiah 22:5 For it is a day of death, and of trampling, and of weeping to the Lord, the God of hosts, in the valley of vision: examining the wall and the magnificence above the mountain.Isaiah 22:5
Isaiah 22:12 And in that day, the Lord, the God of hosts, will call to weeping and mourning, to baldness and the wearing of sackcloth.Isaiah 22:12
Isaiah 38:3 And he said: “I beg you, Lord, I beseech you, to remember how I walked before you in truth and with a whole heart, and that I have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept with a great weeping.Isaiah 38:3
Isaiah 65:19 And I will exult in Jerusalem, and I will rejoice in my people. And neither a voice of weeping, nor a voice of outcry, will be heard in her anymore.Isaiah 65:19
Number of the word / term Weeping in Isaiah: 6
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Jeremiah
Jeremiah 3:21 A voice has been heard in the highways, the weeping and wailing of the sons of Israel. For they have made their own ways sinful; they have forgotten the Lord their God.Jeremiah 3:21
Jeremiah 9:10 I will take up weeping and lamentation over the mountains, and mourning over the beautiful places in the desert. For they have been scorched because no man is passing through them. And they have not heard the voice of any occupant. From the birds of the air, even to the cattle, they have migrated and withdrawn.Jeremiah 9:10
Jeremiah 31:9 They will approach with weeping. And I will lead them back with mercy. And I will lead them through the torrents of water, by an upright way, and they will not stumble in it. For I have become Father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.”Jeremiah 31:9
Jeremiah 31:15 Thus says the Lord: “A voice has been heard on high: of lamentation, mourning, and weeping; of Rachel crying for her sons and refusing to be consoled over them, because they are not.”Jeremiah 31:15
Jeremiah 41:6 Therefore, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, departing from Mizpah to meet them, went forth weeping as he was walking. And when he had met them, he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam.”Jeremiah 41:6
Jeremiah 48:5 For, along the ascent of Luhith, the mourner will ascend with weeping. For, on the descent of Horonaim, the enemies have heard the wailing of devastation.Jeremiah 48:5
Jeremiah 50:4 In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the sons of Israel will advance, they and the sons of Judah together. Weeping as they walk, they will hurry on, and they will seek the Lord their God.Jeremiah 50:4
Number of the word / term Weeping in Jeremiah: 7
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Lamentations
Lamentations 1:1 Prologue And it happened that, after Israel was driven into captivity, and Jerusalem was deserted, the prophet Jeremiah sat weeping, and he wailed this lamentation in Jerusalem. And sighing with a bitter soul, and mourning, he said: ALEPH. O how a city once filled with people now sits alone! The Governess of the Gentiles has become like a widow. The Prince of the provinces has been placed under tribute.Lamentations 1:1
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
Number of the word / term Weeping in Lamentations: 2
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Ezekiel
Ezekiel 27:31 And they will shave their heads because of you, and they will be wrapped in haircloth. And they will weep for you with bitterness of soul, with a very bitter weeping.Ezekiel 27:31
Number of the word / term Weeping in Ezekiel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Joel
Joel 2:12 Now, therefore, the Lord says: “Be converted to me with your whole heart, in fasting and weeping and mourning.”Joel 2:12
Number of the word / term Weeping in Joel: 1
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Zechariah
Zechariah 7:3 to speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying: “Must there be weeping with me in the fifth month, and must I sanctify myself, as I have now done for many years?”Zechariah 7:3
Number of the word / term Weeping in Zechariah: 1
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ 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 Weeping in Malachi: 1
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Matthew
Matthew 2:18 “A voice has been heard in Ramah, great weeping and wailing: Rachel crying for her sons. And she was not willing to be consoled, because they were no more.”Matthew 2:18
Matthew 8:12 But the sons of the kingdom shall be cast into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”Matthew 8:12
Matthew 13:42 And he shall cast them into the furnace of fire, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.Matthew 13:42
Matthew 13:50 And they shall cast them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.Matthew 13:50
Matthew 22:13 Then the king said to the ministers: ‘Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.Matthew 22:13
Matthew 24:51 And he shall separate him, and he shall place his portion with the hypocrites, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”Matthew 24:51
Matthew 25:30 And cast that useless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’Matthew 25:30
Number of the word / term Weeping in Matthew: 7
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Mark
Mark 5:38 And they went to the house of the ruler of the synagogue. And he saw a tumult, and weeping, and much wailing.Mark 5:38
Mark 16:10 She went and announced it to those who had been with him, while they were mourning and weeping.Mark 16:10
Number of the word / term Weeping in Mark: 2
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Luke
Luke 6:21 Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who are weeping now, for you shall laugh.Luke 6:21
Luke 8:52 Now all were weeping and mourning for her. But he said: “Do not weep. The girl is not dead, but only sleeping.”Luke 8:52
Luke 13:28 In that place, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, yet you yourselves are expelled outside.Luke 13:28
Number of the word / term Weeping in Luke: 3
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book John
John 11:33 And then, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had arrived with her weeping, he groaned in spirit and became troubled.John 11:33
John 20:11 But Mary was standing outside the tomb, weeping. Then, while she was weeping, she bowed down and gazed into the tomb.John 20:11
Number of the word / term Weeping in John: 2
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Acts
Acts 9:39 Then Peter, rising up, went with them. And when he had arrived, they led him to an upper room. And all the widows were standing around him, weeping and showing him the tunics and garments that Dorcas had made for them.Acts 9:39
Acts 20:37 Then a great weeping occurred among them all. And, falling upon the neck of Paul, they kissed him,Acts 20:37
Acts 21:13 Then Paul responded by saying: “What do you accomplish by weeping and afflicting my heart? For I am prepared, not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.”Acts 21:13
Number of the word / term Weeping in Acts: 3
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Romans
Romans 12:15 Rejoice with those who are rejoicing. Weep with those who are weeping.Romans 12:15
Number of the word / term Weeping in Romans: 1
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 7:30 and those who weep, as though they were not weeping; and those who rejoice, as if they were not rejoicing; and those who buy, as if they possessed nothing;1 Corinthians 7:30
Number of the word / term Weeping in 1 Corinthians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book 2 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 7:7 and not only by his arrival, but also by the consolation with which he was consoled among you. For he brought to us your desire, your weeping, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.2 Corinthians 7:7
Number of the word / term Weeping in 2 Corinthians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Philippians
Philippians 3:18 For many persons, about whom I have often told you (and now tell you, weeping,) are walking as enemies of the cross of Christ.Philippians 3:18
Number of the word / term Weeping in Philippians: 1
Bible passages with ‘Weeping’ in the book Revelation
Revelation 18:15 The merchants of these things, who were made wealthy, shall stand far away from her, out of fear of her torments, weeping and mourning,Revelation 18:15
Revelation 18:19 And they cast dust upon their heads. And they cried out, weeping and mourning, saying: ‘Woe! Woe! to that great city, by which all who had ships at sea were made rich from her treasures. For she has been made desolate in one hour.Revelation 18:19
Number of the word / term ‘Weeping’ in Revelation: 2
These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.
Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 70
