The Bible treats crying as a normal, honest, and often healthy response to pain, and it connects tears very closely with prayer, faith, and God’s comfort. It also promises that one day God will remove all tears, sorrow, and crying from His people.

Crying is normal and human

The Bible shows many faithful people weeping deeply: David pours out his heart in the Psalms, saying his bed is drenched with tears, yet he brings that sorrow to God. Jesus Himself weeps at Lazarus’s tomb and over Jerusalem, showing that tears are not weakness or sin but part of real love and grief.

God notices and values tears

Several passages picture God as paying careful attention to our tears, even describing Him as collecting them as something precious, which means our pain is not ignored. The Psalms also emphasize that when the righteous cry out, the Lord hears and delivers them, so crying to God is an act of trust, not failure.

Crying as prayer and repentance

The Bible often connects crying with crying out to God in prayer, especially in distress or desperation, and God is described as gracious and ready to answer that cry for help. Tears are also linked with repentance, like Peter weeping bitterly after denying Jesus, or the woman who washes Jesus’ feet with her tears and is forgiven.

Tears now, joy later

Scripture repeatedly says that sorrow and tears are real but temporary in God’s plan, teaching that “weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning” and that those who sow in tears will later reap with songs of joy. This means crying can be part of a journey that leads to healing, growth, and eventual joy rather than a sign that hope is lost.

Final hope: no more crying

The Bible ends with a future promise that God will wipe away every tear, and there will be no more death, mourning, crying, or pain because the old, broken order of things will have passed away. For believers, this anchors present tears in a larger hope that suffering is not the final word.