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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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Isaiah 38:3-5 NIV
3 “Remember, Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes. ” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah: 5 “Go and tell Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life.
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Jeremiah 9:11 NIV
“I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
    a haunt of jackals;
and I will lay waste the towns of Judah
    so no one can live there.”
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2 Timothy 1:7 NIV
For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline.
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Hebrews 12:16-17 NIV
16 See that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights as the oldest son. 17 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.
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Lamentations 3:48 NIV
Streams of tears flow from my eyes
    because my people are destroyed.
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John 3:3 NIV
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.
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Psalm 84:6 NIV
As they pass through the Valley of Baka,
    they make it a place of springs;
    the autumn rains also cover it with pools.
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Psalm 31:9 NIV
Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress;
    my eyes grow weak with sorrow,
    my soul and body with grief.
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2 Corinthians 2:4 NIV
For I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to grieve you but to let you know the depth of my love for you.
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Job 30:31 NIV
My lyre is tuned to mourning,
    and my pipe to the sound of wailing.
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