Genesis 21:16
"And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: 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."
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- Isaiah 49:15
"Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee."
Read in chapter → - 1 Kings 3:26
"Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it."
Read in chapter → - 1 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."
Read in chapter → - Esther 8:6
"For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?"
Read in chapter → - 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."
Read in chapter → - 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."
Read in chapter → - Genesis 29:11
"And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept."
Read in chapter → - 1 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."
Read in chapter → - Luke 15:20
"And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him."
Read in chapter → - Zechariah 12:10
"And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn."
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