Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

Come unto me, all {ye} that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

And {the soul of} king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. {longed: or, was consumed}

That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked {for some} to take pity, but {there was} none; and for comforters, but I found none. {to take...: Heb. to lament with me}

And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, {my} dearly beloved.

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort {myself}:

And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, {remembrance: or, mention}

Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.

Jesus wept.

And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.

Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. {make: Heb. turn}

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

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.

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, {my} dearly beloved.

Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.

I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. {carefully: or, with more anxious care}

For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; {Greatly...: or, remembering thy tears, I greatly desire to see thee that}

And {the soul of} king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. {longed: or, was consumed}

And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.