FOR THE LORD HAS CALLED YOU LIKE A WIFE, REJECTED, AND GRIEVED IN SPIRIT EVEN LIKE A FORSAKEN WIFE.
ISAIAH 60:15
ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE BEEN HATED AND FORSAKEN, I WILL MAKE YOU THE PRIDE AND JOY OF ALL GENERATIONS.
PSALM 119:28
MY SOUL WEEPS BE- CAUSE OF GRIEF; _ STRENGTHEN ME LORD, ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD. _
PSALM 91:7
A THOUSAND MAY FALL _ AT MY SIDE, TEN THOUSAND MAY DIE _ AT MY RIGHT HAND;
JEREMIAH 9:17-18
CALL FOR THE WAILING WOMEN BRING THE MOST SKILLFUL HERE; _ LET THEM BE SWIFT TO WAIL OVER US TILL OUR EYES OVERFLOW WITH TEARS.
PROVERBS 29:2
WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS FLORISH THE PEOPLE REJOICE: BUT WHEN THE WICKED RULE, THE PEOPLE GROAN. _
II CORINTHIANS 7:10
GODLY SORROW PRODUCES REPENTENCE, BUT WORLDLY SORROW LEADS TO DEATH. _
ECCLESIASTES 7:4
THE HEART OF THE WISE IS IN THE HOUSE OF MOURNING, THE HEART OF FOOLS IS IN THE HOUSE OF PLEASURE.
II CORINTHIANS 6:10a
SORROWFUL, YET ALWAYS REJOICING. EVEN REJOICING IN TRIBULATION.
ISAIAH 53:4
SURELY HE HAS BORNE OUR GRIEFS, _ SURELY HE HAS CARRIED OUR SORROWS.