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Their father Jacob said to them: "Must you make me childless?
Joseph is gone, and Simeon is gone, and now you would take away
Benjamin! Why must such things always happen to me?" Then
Reuben told his father: "Put him in my care, and I will bring
him back to you. You may kill my own two sons if I do not return
him to you." But Jacob replied: "My son shall not go
down with you. Now that his full brother is dead, he is the only
one left. If some disaster should befall him on the journey you
must make, you would send my white head down to the nether world
in grief." [GEN 42:36-38]
'If you now take this one away from me too, and some disaster
befalls him, you will send my white head down to the nether world
in grief.' "If then the boy is not with us when I go back to
your servant my father, whose very life is bound up with his, he
will die as soon as he sees that the boy is missing; and your
servants will thus send the white head of our father down to the
nether world in grief. Besides, I, your servant, got the boy from
his father by going surety for him, saying, 'If I fail to bring
him back to you, father, you can hold it against me forever.' Let
me, your servant, therefore, remain in place of the boy as the
slave of my lord, and let the boy go back with his brothers. How
could I go back to my father if the boy were not with me? I could
not bear to see the anguish that would overcome my father."
Joseph could no longer control himself in the presence of all his
attendants, so he cried out, "Have everyone withdraw from
me!" Thus no one else was about when he made himself known to
his brothers. [GEN 44:29-34, 45:1]
Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were undimmed and his vigor unabated.
For thirty days the Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab, till they had completed the period of grief and mourning for Moses.
[DEUT 34:7-8]
Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long tunic in which
she was clothed. Then, putting her hands to her head, she went
away crying loudly. Her brother Absalom said to her: "Has
your brother Amnon been with you? Be still now, my sister; he is
your brother. Do not take this affair to heart." But Tamar
remained grief-stricken and forlorn in the house of her brother
Absalom. King David, who got word of the whole affair, became very
angry. He did not, however, spark the resentment of his son Amnon,
whom he favored because he was his first-born. Absalom, moreover,
said nothing at all to Amnon, although he hated him for having
shamed his sister Tamar. [2SAM 13:19-22]
Grief-stricken in spirit, I groaned and wept aloud. Then with
sobs I began to pray: "You are righteous, O Lord, and all
your deeds are just; All your ways are mercy and truth; you are
the judge of the world. And now, O Lord, may you be mindful of me,
and look with favor upon me. Punish me not for my sins, nor for my
inadvertent offenses, nor for those of my fathers. They
sinned against you, and disobeyed your commandments. So you handed
us over to plundering, exile, and death, till we were an object
lesson, a byword, a reproach in all the nations among whom you
scattered us. Yes, your judgments are many and true in
dealing with me as my sins and those of my fathers deserve. For we
have not kept your commandments, nor have we trodden the paths of
truth before you. So now, deal with me as you please, and
command my life breath to be taken from me, that I may go from the
face of the earth into dust. It is better for me to die than to
live, because I have heard insulting calumnies, and I am
overwhelmed with grief. Lord, command me to be delivered
from such anguish; let me go to the everlasting abode; Lord,
refuse me not. For it is better for me to die than to endure so
much misery in life, and to hear these insults!" [TOBIT 3:1-6]
Later Raguel called his wife Edna and said, "My love, prepare the other bedroom and bring the girl there." She went and made the bed in the room, as she was told, and brought the girl there. After she had cried over her, she wiped away the tears and said:
"Be brave, my daughter. May the Lord of heaven grant you joy in place of your grief. Courage, my daughter." Then she left.
[TOBIT 7:15-17]
Then Tobiah called Raphael and said to him: "Brother
Azariah, take along with you four servants and two camels and
travel to Rages. Go to Gabael's house and give him this bond. Get
the money and then bring him along with you to the wedding
celebration. For you know that my father is counting the days. If
I should delay my return by a single day, I would cause him
intense grief. You witnessed the oath that Raguel has sworn; I
cannot violate his oath." [TOBIT 9:1-4]
Then Edna said to Tobiah: "My child and beloved kinsman,
may the Lord bring you back safely, and may I live long enough to
see children of you and of my daughter Sarah before I die. Before
the Lord, I entrust my daughter to your care. Never cause her
grief at any time in your life. Go in peace, my child. From now on
I am your mother, and Sarah is your beloved. May all of us be
prosperous all the days of our lives." She kissed them both
and sent them away in peace. [TOBIT 10:13]
Then the king said to Haman: "Hurry! Take the robe and horse as you have proposed, and do this for the Jew Mordecai, who is sitting at the royal gate. Do not omit anything you proposed."
So Haman took the robe and horse, clothed Mordecai, had him ride in the public square of the city, and cried out before him, "This is what is done for the man whom the king wishes to reward!"
Mordecai then returned to the royal gate, while Haman hurried home, his head covered in grief.
[ESTH 6:10-12]
While he was in Persia, a messenger brought him news that the
armies sent into the land of Judah had been put to flight; that
Lysias had gone at first with a strong army and been driven back
by the Israelites; that they had grown strong by reason of the
arms, men, and abundant possessions taken from the armies they had
destroyed; that they had pulled down the Abomination which he had
built upon the altar in Jerusalem; and that they had surrounded
with high walls both the sanctuary, as it had been before, and his
city of Beth-zur. When the king heard this news, he was struck
with fear and very much shaken. Sick with grief because his
designs had failed, he took to his bed. There he remained many
days, overwhelmed with sorrow, for he knew he was going to die. So
he called in all his Friends and said to them: "Sleep has
departed from my eyes, for my heart is sinking with anxiety. I
said to myself: 'Into what tribulation have I come, and in what
floods of sorrow am I now! Yet I was kindly and beloved in my
rule.' But I now recall the evils I did in Jerusalem, when I
carried away all the vessels of gold and silver that were in it,
and for no cause gave orders that the inhabitants of Judah be
destroyed. I know that this is why these evils have overtaken me;
and now I am dying, in bitter grief, in a foreign land." Then
he summoned Philip, one of his Friends, and put him in charge of
his whole kingdom. He gave him his crown, his robe, and his signet
ring, so that he might guide the king's son Antiochus and bring
him up to be king. King Antiochus died in Persia in the year one
hundred and forty-nine. [1MACC 6:5-16]
Jonathan and Simon took their brother Judas and buried him in
the tomb of their fathers at Modein. All Israel bewailed him in
great grief. They mourned for him many days, and they said,
"How the mighty one has fallen, the savior of Israel!"
The other acts of Judas, his battles, the brave deeds he
performed, and his greatness have not been recorded; but they were
very many. [1MACC 9:19-22]
If I appealed to him and he answered my call, I could not
believe that he would hearken to my words; With a tempest he might
overwhelm me, and multiply my wounds without cause; He need not
suffer me to draw breath, but might fill me with bitter griefs. If
it be a question of strength, he is mighty; and if of judgment,
who will call him to account? [JOB 9:16-19]
I go about in gloom, without the sun; I rise up in public to
voice my grief. [JOB 30:28]
How long, LORD? Will you utterly forget me? How long will you
hide your face from me? How long must I carry sorrow in my soul,
grief in my heart day after day? How long will my enemy triumph
over me? [PS 13:2-3]
Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am in distress; with grief my
eyes are wasted, my soul and body spent. My life is worn out by
sorrow, my years by sighing. My strength fails in affliction; my
bones are consumed. To all my foes I am a thing of scorn, to my
neighbors, a dreaded sight, a horror to my friends. When they see
me in the street, they quickly shy away. I am forgotten, out of
mind like the dead; I am like a shattered dish. I hear the
whispers of the crowd; terrors are all around me. They conspire
against me; they plot to take my life. But I trust in you, LORD; I
say, "You are my God." [PS 31:10-15]
Malicious witnesses come forward, accuse me of things I do not
know. They repay me evil for good and I am all alone. Yet I, when
they were ill, put on sackcloth, afflicted myself with fasting,
sobbed my prayers upon my bosom. I went about in grief as for my
brother, bent in mourning as for my mother. Yet when I stumbled
they gathered with glee, gathered against me like strangers. They
slandered me without ceasing; without respect they mocked me,
gnashed their teeth against me. [PS 35:11-16]
Listen, God, to my prayer; do not hide from my pleading; hear
me and give answer. I rock with grief; I groan at the uproar of
the enemy, the clamor of the wicked. They heap trouble upon me,
savagely accuse me. My heart pounds within me; death's terrors
fall upon me. Fear and trembling overwhelm me; shuddering sweeps
over me. [PS 55:2-6]
A wise son makes his father glad, but a foolish son is a grief
to his mother. [PROV 10:1]
To be a fool's parent is grief for a man; the father of a
numskull has no joy. [PROV 17:21]
Perfume and incense gladden the heart, but by grief the soul is
torn asunder. [PROV 27:9]
For in much wisdom there is much sorrow, and he who stores up
knowledge stores up grief. [ECCL 1:18]
So my feelings turned to despair of all the fruits of my labor
under the sun. For here is a man who has labored with wisdom and
knowledge and skill, and to another, who has not labored over it,
he must leave his property. This also is vanity and a great
misfortune. For what profit comes to a man from all the toil and
anxiety of heart with which he has labored under the sun? All his
days sorrow and grief are his occupation; even at night his mind
is not at rest. This also is vanity. [ECCL 2:20-23]
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young and let your heart be
glad in the days of your youth. Follow the ways of your heart, the
vision of your eyes; Yet understand that as regards all this God
will bring you to judgment. Ward off grief from your heart and put
away trouble from your presence, though the dawn of youth is
fleeting. [ECCL 11:9-10]
Yes, the just man dead condemns the sinful who live, and youth
swiftly completed condemns the many years of the wicked man grown
old. For they see the death of the wise man and do not understand
what the LORD intended for him, or why he made him secure. They
see, and hold him in contempt; but the LORD laughs them to scorn.
And they shall afterward become dishonored corpses and an
unceasing mockery among the dead. For he shall strike them down
speechless and prostrate and rock them to their foundations; They
shall be utterly laid waste and shall be in grief and their memory
shall perish. [WISDOM 4:16-19]
And if riches be a desirable possession in life, what is more
rich than Wisdom, who produces all things? And if prudence renders
service, who in the world is a better craftsman than she? Or if
one loves justice, the fruits of her works are virtues; For she
teaches moderation and prudence, justice and fortitude, and
nothing in life is more useful for men than these. Or again, if
one yearns for copious learning, she knows the things of old, and
infers those yet to come. She understands the turns of phrases and
the solutions of riddles; signs and wonders she knows in advance
and the outcome of times and ages. So I determined to take her to
live with me, knowing that she would be my counselor while all was
well, and my comfort in care and grief. For her sake I should have
glory among the masses, and esteem from the elders, though I be
but a youth. I should become keen in judgment, and should be a
marvel before rulers. They would abide my silence and attend my
utterance; and as I spoke on further, they would place their hands
upon their mouths. For her sake I should have immortality and
leave to those after me an everlasting memory. I should govern
peoples, and nations would be my subjects- terrible princes,
hearing of me, would be afraid; in the assembly I should appear
noble, and in war courageous. Within my dwelling, I should take my
repose beside her; For association with her involves no bitterness
and living with her no grief, but rather joy and gladness. [WISDOM
8:5-16]
Both those afar off and those close by were afflicted: the
latter you tested, admonishing them as a father; the former as a
stern king you probed and condemned. For a twofold grief took hold
of them and a groaning at the remembrance of the ones who had
departed. For when they heard that the cause of their own torments
was a benefit to these others, they recognized the Lord. Him who
of old had been cast out in exposure they indeed mockingly
rejected; but in the end of events, they marveled at him, since
their thirst proved unlike that of the just. [WISDOM 11:10-14]
And the masses, drawn by the charm of the workmanship, soon
thought he should be worshiped who shortly before was honored as a
man. And this became a snare for mankind, that men enslaved to
either grief or tyranny conferred the incommunicable Name on
stocks and stones. Then it was not enough for them to err in their
knowledge of God; but even though they live in a great war of
ignorance, they call such evils peace. [WISDOM 14:20-22]
Happy the man whose mouth brings him no grief, who is not stung
by remorse for sin. [SIRACH 14:1]
There is the wicked man who is bowed in grief, but is full of
guile within; He bows his head and feigns not to hear, but when
not observed, he will take advantage of you: Even though his lack
of strength keeps him from sinning, when he finds the opportunity,
he will do harm. [SIRACH 19:22-24]
A thoughtful daughter becomes a treasure to her husband, a
shameless one is her father's grief. [SIRACH 22:4]
These two bring grief to my heart, and the third arouses my
horror: A wealthy man reduced to want; illustrious men held in
contempt; And the man who passes from justice to sin, for whom the
LORD makes ready the sword. [SIRACH 26:19]
Going surety has ruined many prosperous men and tossed them
about like waves of the sea, Has exiled men of prominence and sent
them wandering through foreign lands. The sinner through surety
comes to grief, and he who undertakes too much falls into
lawsuits. Go surety for your neighbor according to your means, but
take care lest you fall thereby. [SIRACH 29:17-20]
Pamper your child and he will be a terror for you, indulge him
and he will bring you grief. [SIRACH 30:9]
A deceitful character causes grief, but an experienced man can
turn the tables on him. [SIRACH 36:20]
My son, shed tears for one who is dead with wailing and bitter
lament; As is only proper, prepare the body, absent not yourself
from his burial: Weeping bitterly, mourning fully, pay your
tribute of sorrow, as he deserves, One or two days, to prevent
gossip; then compose yourself after your grief, For grief can
bring on an extremity and heartache destroy one's health. [SIRACH
38:16-19]
We have heard of the pride of Moab, how very proud he is, With
his haughty, arrogant insolence that his empty words do not match.
Therefore Moab wails for Moab, everywhere they wail; For the
raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth they sigh, stricken with grief. [ISA
16:6-7]
Woe to Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add year to
year, let the feasts come round. But I will bring distress upon
Ariel, with mourning and grief. You shall be to me like Ariel, I
will encamp like David against you; I will encircle you with
outposts and set up siege works against you. [ISA 29:1-3]
My servants shall shout for joy of heart, But you shall cry out
for grief of heart and howl for anguish of spirit. The Lord GOD
shall slay you, and the name you leave Shall be used by my chosen
ones for cursing; but my servants shall be called by another name
By which he will be blessed on whom a blessing is invoked in the
land; He who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of
truth; For the hardships of the past shall be forgotten, and
hidden from my eyes. [ISA 65:14-16]
My grief is incurable, my heart within me is faint. [JER 8:18]
This is the message that the prophet Jeremiah gave to Baruch,
son of Neriah, when he wrote in a book the prophecies that
Jeremiah dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah,
king of Judah: Thus says the LORD, God of Israel, to you, Baruch,
because you said, "Alas! the LORD adds grief to my pain; I am
weary from groaning, and can find no rest": say this to him,
says the LORD: What I have built, I am tearing down; what I have
planted, I am uprooting: even the whole land. And do you seek
great things for yourself? Seek them not! I am bringing evil on
all mankind, says the LORD, but your life I will leave you as
booty, wherever you may go. [JER 45:1-5]
The roads to Zion mourn for lack of pilgrims going to her
feasts; All her gateways are deserted, her priests groan, Her
virgins sigh; she is in bitter grief. [LAM 1:4]
The LORD marked for destruction the wall of daughter Zion: He
stretched out the measuring line; his hand brought ruin, yet he
did not relent - He brought grief on wall and rampart till both
succumbed. [LAM 2:8]
Because you followed in the path of your sister, I will hand
you her cup. Thus says the Lord GOD: The cup of your sister you
shall drink, so wide and deep, which holds so much, Filled with
destruction and grief, a cup of dismay, the cup of your sister.
[EZEK 23:31-33]
As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is to be handed over to men,
and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day." And they were overwhelmed with grief.
[MT 17:22-23]
Then going out he went, as was his custom, to the Mount of
Olives, and the disciples followed him. When he arrived at the
place he said to them, "Pray that you may not undergo the
test." After withdrawing about a stone's throw from them and
kneeling, he prayed, saying, "Father, if you are willing,
take this cup away from me; still, not my will but yours be
done." (And to strengthen him an angel from heaven appeared
to him. He was in such agony and he prayed so fervently that his
sweat became like drops of blood falling on the ground.) When he
rose from prayer and returned to his disciples, he found them
sleeping from grief. He said to them, "Why are you sleeping?
Get up and pray that you may not undergo the test." [LK
22:39-46]
But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you
asks me, 'Where are you going?' But because I told you this, grief
has filled your hearts. But I tell you the truth, it is better for
you that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to
you. But if I go, I will send him to you. [JN 16:5-7]
Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them,
"Are you discussing with one another what I said, 'A little
while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you
will see me'? Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn,
while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will
become joy. When a woman is in labor, she is in anguish because
her hour has arrived; but when she has given birth to a child, she
no longer remembers the pain because of her joy that a child has
been born into the world. So you also are now in anguish. But I
will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will
take your joy away from you. On that day you will not question me
about anything. Amen, amen, I say to you, whatever you ask the
Father in my name he will give you." [JN 16:19-23]
Then I heard another voice from heaven say: "Depart from
her, my people, so as not to take part in her sins and receive a
share in her plagues, for her sins are piled up to the sky, and
God remembers her crimes. Pay her back as she has paid others. Pay
her back double for her deeds. Into her cup pour double what she
poured. To the measure of her boasting and wantonness repay her in
torment and grief; for she said to herself, 'I sit enthroned as
queen; I am no widow, and I will never know grief.' Therefore, her
plagues will come in one day, pestilence, grief, and famine; she
will be consumed by fire. For mighty is the Lord God who judges
her." [RV 18:4-8]
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guilt
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