Bible Verses About Tears
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for tears, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 25,251 votes, led by Psalms 56:8. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Tears
Psalms 56:81,405 votes
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
Revelation 21:41,312 votes
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Psalms 126:5824 votes
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Revelation 7:17794 votes
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Psalms 42:3728 votes
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
John 11:35694 votes
Jesus wept.
Psalms 80:5622 votes
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
Isaiah 38:5579 votes
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
Job 16:20562 votes
My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
Isaiah 25:8498 votes
He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
Psalms 39:12462 votes
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Psalms 6:6408 votes
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
2 Kings 20:5386 votes
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.
Psalms 30:5375 votes
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
James 1:12372 votes
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
Isaiah 41:10342 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
2 Corinthians 7:10336 votes
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Psalms 34:15290 votes
The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
John 11:33278 votes
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
Acts 20:19260 votes
Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
Ecclesiastes 3:4257 votes
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Malachi 2:13238 votes
And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
Lamentations 2:11233 votes
Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
Luke 13:28229 votes
There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
Mark 9:24226 votes
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
What does the Bible say about tears?
Readers most often cite Psalms 56:8 on the subject of tears. Across 25,251 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Revelation 21:4, Psalms 126:5, Revelation 7:17. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.