Quotes related to Matthew 5:4
So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
— 1 Samuel 30:4
When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him.
— 2 Samuel 11:26
“What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”
— 2 Samuel 12:21
“What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead.
— 2 Samuel 14:5
The king was shaken and went up to the gate chamber and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
— 2 Samuel 18:33
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
— 1 Kings 21:27
My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
— Job 17:7
My soul boasts in the LORD; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.
— Psalm 34:2
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
— Psalm 34:18
Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
— Psalm 69:20
When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,
— Psalm 73:21
You have removed my beloved and my friend; darkness is my closest companion.
— Psalm 88:18