REFERENCE WEPT/WEEP/WEEPING
Genesis 21:16 And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. (Hagar wept for Ishmael)
Genesis 23:2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Genesis 27:38 And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
Genesis 29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
Genesis 33:4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
Genesis 37:35 And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. (Jacob wept for Joseph)
Genesis 42:24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. (Joseph wept for his brothers)
Genesis 43:30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. (Joseph wept for his brothers)
Genesis 45:2 And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. (Joseph wept for his brothers)
Genesis 45:14-15 [45:14] And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. [45:15] Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him. (Joseph wept for Benjamin and his other brothers)
Genesis 46:29 And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
Genesis 50:1 And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
Genesis 50:17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.
Exodus 2:6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept . And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. (Moses)
Numbers 11:4 And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Numbers 11:10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased. (Israel)
Numbers 11:13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. (Israel)
Numbers 11:18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. (The children of Israel)
Numbers 11:20 But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? (The children of Israel)
Numbers 14:1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. (The children of Israel)
Numbers 25:6 And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Deuteronomy 1:45 And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. (The children of Israel)
Deuteronomy 34:8 And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
Judges 2:4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. (The children of Israel)
Judges 14:16-17 [14:16] And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? [14:17] And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
Judges 20:23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
Judges 20:26 Then all the children of Israel , and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
Judges 21:2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; (The children of Israel, not including the tribe of Benjamin)
Ruth 1:9 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. (Ruth & her sister Orpah wept before Naomi)
Ruth 1:14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. (Ruth & her sister Orpah wept before Naomi)
I Samuel 1:7 And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept , and did not eat. (Hannah, the wife of Elkanah)
I Samuel 1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. (Hannah)
I Samuel 11:4-5 [11:4] Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept. [11:5] And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. (The children of Israel)
I Samuel 20:41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another , until David exceeded. (David & Jonathan)
I Samuel 24:16 And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
I Samuel 30:4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
II Samuel 1:12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. (The children of Israel)
II Samuel 3:14-16 [3:14] And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines. [3:15] And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish. [3:16] And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
II Samuel 3:32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept. (David)
II Samuel 3:34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. (The children of Israel)
II Samuel 12:21-22 [12:21] Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. [12:22] And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? (David)
II Samuel 13:36 And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore. (David & his son's, Abner being absent)
II Samuel 15:23 And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. (The children of Judah wept as the left Jerusalem with David for fear of Absalom)
II Samuel 15:30 And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
II Samuel 18:33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son! (David wept at the death of his son Absalom)
II Kings 8:11 And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept . (Elisha)
II Kings 13:14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
II Kings 20:3 I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
II Kings 22:19 Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. (Hezekiah)
II Chronicles 34:27 Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD. (Josiah)
Ezra 3:12 But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:
Ezra 10:1 Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. (Ezra & the children of Israel)
Nehemiah 1:4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, (Nehemiah)
Nehemiah 8:9 And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept , when they heard the words of the law . (The children of Israel)
Esther 4:3 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Job 2:12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. (Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite)
Job 30:25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? (Job)
Psalms 69:10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. (David)
Psalms 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. (The children of Judah, who had been carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar)
Isaiah 38:3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
Jeremiah 3:21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel : for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
Jeremiah 41:6 And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.
Lamentations 1:16 For these things I weep ; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed. (Jeremiah)
Ezekiel 8:14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
Hosea 12:4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept , and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; (The children of Ephraim)
Matthew 26:75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
Mark 5:38-39 [5:38] And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. [5:39] And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. (The mourners at the home of Jairus, the ruler of the synagogue, who were weeping over the man's daughter)
Mark 14:72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept.
Mark 16:10 And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. (The disciples of Jesus wept when they were told by Mary Magdalene of the appearance of Jesus to her after his death)
Luke 7:37-38 [7:37] And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, [7:38] And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. (Mary Magdalene)
Luke 8:52 And all wept , and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. (The mourners at the home of Jairus, the ruler of the synagogue, who were weeping over the man's daughter)
Luke 19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, (Jesus)
Luke 22:62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
Luke 23:27-28 [23:27] And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. [23:28] But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
John 11:33-34 [11:33] When Jesus therefore saw her weeping , and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, [11:34] And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. (Mary, the sister of Martha & Lazarus, the Jews at her home)
John 11:35 Jesus wept.
John 9:39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
John 20:11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, (Mary Magdalene)
Acts 20:37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, (The elders at the church of Ephesus who had come to Miletus)
Revelation 5:4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. (The apostle John)