8 Bible Verses about Benefits Of Sadness

The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.

But God who gives comfort to the poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus;

Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.

The offerings of God are a broken spirit; a broken and sorrowing heart, O God, you will not put from you.

Now I am glad, not that you had sorrow, but that your sorrow was the cause of a change of heart; for yours was a holy sorrow so that you might undergo no loss by us in anything. For the sorrow which God gives is the cause of salvation through a change of heart, in which there is no reason for grief: but the sorrow of the world is a cause of death. For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.

As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.

Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.

Even those whom he has made free, will come back again; they will come with songs to Zion; on their heads will be eternal joy; delight and joy will be theirs, and sorrow and sounds of grief will be gone for ever.