Luke 24:17

Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

The king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.”

He put them all together into custody for three days.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

A great multitude of the people followed him, including women who also mourned and lamented him.

He said to him, “Most certainly, I tell you all, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”

Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does that have to do with you and me? My hour has not yet come.”

Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have laid him!”

One of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome: he who opens the book and its seven seals.”

Those who dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.

He asked Pharaoh’s officers who were with him in custody in his master’s house, saying, “Why do you look so sad today?”

He said, “You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away! What more do I have? How can you ask me, ‘What ails you?’ ”

Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

He said to him, “Why, son of the king, are you so sad from day to day? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon said to him, “I love Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”

The couriers went out in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Susa was perplexed.

Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he didn’t stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.

that the triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless but for a moment?

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,

Let all those who seek you rejoice and be glad in you. Let those who love your salvation continually say, “Let God be exalted!”

You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries. You have made all of his enemies rejoice.

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

In that day you will say, “I will give thanks to you, Yahweh; for though you were angry with me, your anger has turned away and you comfort me.

to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.

Hear Yahweh’s word, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you, who cast you out for my name’s sake, have said, ‘Let Yahweh be glorified, that we may see your joy;’ but it is those who shall be disappointed.

Why did I come out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Yahweh says: “Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work will be rewarded,” says Yahweh. “They will come again from the land of the enemy.

For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.”

you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’

Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.

Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up.” They were exceedingly sorry.

But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, ‘This is the heir. Come, let’s kill him, and seize his inheritance.’

Go quickly and tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.’ Behold, I have told you.”

They departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples word.

The rooster crowed the second time. Peter remembered the word, how that Jesus said to him, “Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” When he thought about that, he wept.

She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, “Don’t cry.”

When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples, and found them sleeping because of grief,

He went out, and wept bitterly.

returned from the tomb, and told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest.

But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.

But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.

Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son!”

They asked her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don’t know where they have laid him.”

Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.

They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Not only so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

For though I grieved you with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you grieve, though just for a while.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,

Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and count them nothing but refuse, that I may gain Christ

You became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,

For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,

However much she glorified herself, and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For she says in her heart, ‘I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way see mourning.’

Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.

Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.

For most certainly, I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall in any way pass away from the law, until all things are accomplished.