"Happy are you who are hungry now; you will be filled! "Happy are you who weep now; you will laugh!

Peter went out and wept bitterly.

When the angel had said this, all the people of Israel began to cry,

and that is why the place is called Bochim. There they offered sacrifices to the LORD.

While Ezra was bowing in prayer in front of the Temple, weeping and confessing these sins, a large group of Israelites---men, women, and children---gathered around him, weeping bitterly.

I am worn out with grief; every night my bed is damp from my weeping; my pillow is soaked with tears.

Keep away from me, you evil people! The LORD hears my weeping;

I confess my sins; they fill me with anxiety.

My sacrifice is a humble spirit, O God; you will not reject a humble and repentant heart.

Let those who wept as they planted their crops, gather the harvest with joy!

Those who wept as they went out carrying the seed will come back singing for joy, as they bring in the harvest.

To give to those who mourn in Zion Joy and gladness instead of grief, A song of praise instead of sorrow. They will be like trees That the LORD himself has planted. They will all do what is right, And God will be praised for what he has done.

My people will return weeping, praying as I lead them back. I will guide them to streams of water, on a smooth road where they will not stumble. I am like a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my oldest son."

"I hear the people of Israel say in grief, ' LORD, we were like an untamed animal, but you taught us to obey. Bring us back; we are ready to return to you, the LORD our God.

"Israel, you are my dearest child, the one I love best. Whenever I mention your name, I think of you with love. My heart goes out to you; I will be merciful.

"But even now," says the LORD, "repent sincerely and return to me with fasting and weeping and mourning.

"I will fill the descendants of David and the other people of Jerusalem with the spirit of mercy and the spirit of prayer. They will look at the one whom they stabbed to death, and they will mourn for him like those who mourn for an only child. They will mourn bitterly, like those who have lost their first-born son.

"Happy are those who mourn; God will comfort them!

For the sadness that is used by God brings a change of heart that leads to salvation---and there is no regret in that! But sadness that is merely human causes death.

See what God did with this sadness of yours: how earnest it has made you, how eager to prove your innocence! Such indignation, such alarm, such feelings, such devotion, such readiness to punish wrongdoing! You have shown yourselves to be without fault in the whole matter.

Be sorrowful, cry, and weep; change your laughter into crying, your joy into gloom!

Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I came into your home, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair.

Let me bring some water for you to wash your feet; you can rest here beneath this tree.

So he rose from the table, took off his outer garment, and tied a towel around his waist.

Then he poured some water into a washbasin and began to wash the disciples' feet and dry them with the towel around his waist.

You did not welcome me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing my feet since I came.

You provided no olive oil for my head, but she has covered my feet with perfume.

Always look happy and cheerful.

There is a fragrance about you; the sound of your name recalls it. No woman could keep from loving you.

You put on your perfumes and ointments and go to worship the god Molech. To find gods to worship, you send messengers far and wide, even to the world of the dead.