5952 sorrow
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The human reponse to painful and distressing life situations, especially those involving loss.

Sorrow caused by the trials of life

Psalm 90:10 See also Psalm 13:1-2; Psalm 31:9; Ecclesiastes 1:18; Ecclesiastes 2:23; Jeremiah 20:18

Sorrow caused by fulfilling God's will

1 Peter 1:6 See also Matthew 26:38; Philippians 2:27

Sorrow caused by illness

Isaiah 38:2-3 See also Psalm 6:1-7

Sorrow caused by childlessness

1 Samuel 1:16

Sorrow caused by parting

Acts 20:37 See also Matthew 17:23 the disciples' reaction to Jesus Christ predicting his death; Luke 22:45; John 16:6

Sorrow caused by bereavement

Genesis 23:2; John 20:11 See also Genesis 50:1; Deuteronomy 34:8; 2 Samuel 19:2; Luke 7:12-14; Luke 8:52; John 11:33-35; Acts 8:2

Sorrow caused by national calamities

Psalm 137:1 See also Isaiah 15:3; Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 22:10; Jeremiah 48:17; Ezekiel 21:6; Ezekiel 27:30

God and sorrow

God is close to those who grieve

Psalm 34:18 See also Psalm 10:14; Isaiah 53:4; John 11:35

God comforts the sorrowing

Jeremiah 31:13 See also Isaiah 35:10; Lamentations 3:32-33; John 16:20; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14; Revelation 21:4

Sorrow in response to human sin

The result of sinning

Psalm 16:4 See also 1 Samuel 2:33

Grief over the failure of others

2 Corinthians 2:4-5 See also Genesis 34:7; 1 Samuel 20:34; Ezra 10:6; Ezekiel 9:4; Romans 9:2; 1 Corinthians 5:2

Grief over one's own shortcomings

Matthew 5:4 See also Matthew 26:75; 2 Corinthians 7:9-11; James 4:9

Sorrow in response to God's judgment on human sin

Lamentations 1:5 See also Nehemiah 1:4; Jeremiah 8:21; Jeremiah 10:19; Jeremiah 13:17; Jeremiah 14:2; Ezekiel 21:6,12; Amos 5:16-17; Amos 8:10; Micah 1:8; Zephaniah 1:15; Zechariah 12:10; Matthew 8:12; Matthew 24:30; Revelation 1:7

Jesus Christ's sorrow in response to human sin

Luke 19:41-42

The promise of final deliverance from sorrow

See also

Isaiah 35:10; Revelation 21:4

See also

5198  weeping
5419  mourning
5795  bereavement
5799  bitterness
5831  depression
5835  disappointment
5938  sadness
5970  unhappiness
6227  regret
6732  repentance
8713  discouragement



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