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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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Jeremiah 31:16 NIV
This is what the Lord says:
“Restrain your voice from weeping
    and your eyes from tears,
for your work will be rewarded,
declares the Lord.
    “They will return from the land of the enemy.
128
Genesis 21:17 NIV
God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
127
Matthew 26:75 NIV
Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
125
Luke 6:21 NIV
Blessed are you who hunger now,
    for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now,
    for you will laugh.
124
Job 16:16 NIV
My face is red with weeping,
    dark shadows ring my eyes;
122
1 Samuel 30:4 NIV
So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep.
120
Luke 19:41 NIV
As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it
120
Philippians 3:18 NIV
For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
117
Luke 23:27 NIV
A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed for him.
117
1 Samuel 20:41 NIV
After the boy had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone and bowed down before Jonathan three times, with his face to the ground. Then they kissed each other and wept together—but David wept the most.
115
Isaiah 22:4 NIV
Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;
    let me weep bitterly.
Do not try to console me
    over the destruction of my people.”
114
Psalm 139:16 NIV
Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
113
Ezra 10:1 NIV
While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of Israelites—men, women and children—gathered around him. They too wept bitterly.
111
Psalm 102:9 NIV
For I eat ashes as my food
    and mingle my drink with tears
111
Ecclesiastes 4:1 NIV
Again I looked and saw all the oppression that was taking place under the sun:
I saw the tears of the oppressed—
    and they have no comforter;
power was on the side of their oppressors—
    and they have no comforter.
108
Hosea 13:14 NIV
“I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;
    I will redeem them from death.
Where, O death, are your plagues?
    Where, O grave, is your destruction?
“I will have no compassion,
108
Luke 15:10 NIV
In the same way, I tell you, there is rejoicing in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
108
Hebrews 12:17 NIV
Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even though he sought the blessing with tears, he could not change what he had done.
107
Luke 15:7 NIV
I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.
107

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