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Want to know what the Bible says about Tears? Here are 175 Bible verses about Tears from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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John 11:33 NIV
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
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Jeremiah 13:17 NIV
If you do not listen,
    I will weep in secret
    because of your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly,
    overflowing with tears,
    because the Lord’s flock will be taken captive.
211
Psalm 116:8 NIV
For you, Lord, have delivered me from death,
    my eyes from tears,
    my feet from stumbling,
207
Jeremiah 9:1 NIV
Oh, that my head were a spring of water
    and my eyes a fountain of tears!
I would weep day and night
    for the slain of my people.
205
Acts 20:31 NIV
So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.
200
Jeremiah 14:17 NIV
“Speak this word to them:
“‘Let my eyes overflow with tears
    night and day without ceasing;
for the Virgin Daughter, my people,
    has suffered a grievous wound,
    a crushing blow.
198
Jeremiah 9:18 NIV
Let them come quickly
    and wail over us
till our eyes overflow with tears
    and water streams from our eyelids.
197
Ecclesiastes 3:4 NIV
    a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,
192
James 1:12 NIV
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
180
Hebrews 5:7 NIV
During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.
175
Luke 13:28 NIV
“There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.
170
Psalm 34:17 NIV
The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them;
    he delivers them from all their troubles.
151
Isaiah 16:9 NIV
So I weep, as Jazer weeps,
    for the vines of Sibmah.
Heshbon and Elealeh,
    I drench you with tears!
The shouts of joy over your ripened fruit
    and over your harvests have been stilled.
149
Lamentations 2:18 NIV
The hearts of the people
    cry out to the Lord.
You walls of Daughter Zion,
    let your tears flow like a river
    day and night;
give yourself no relief,
    your eyes no rest.
141
Luke 7:38 NIV
As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them.
140
1 Peter 2:9 NIV
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
140
Lamentations 1:2 NIV
Bitterly she weeps at night,
    tears are on her cheeks.
Among all her lovers
    there is no one to comfort her.
All her friends have betrayed her;
    they have become her enemies.
140
2 Corinthians 7:10 NIV
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
140
Malachi 3:16 NIV
Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored his name.
131
Psalm 34:4 NIV
I sought the Lord, and he answered me;
    he delivered me from all my fears.
128

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