Psalm 126:5

New International Version

Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy.

Cross References

Psalm 137:1

By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

Isaiah 35:10

and those the Lord has rescued will return. They will enter Zion with singing; everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Joel 2:17

Let the priests, who minister before the Lord, weep between the portico and the altar. Let them say, “Spare your people, Lord. Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn, a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”

Joel 2:23

Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice in the Lord your God, for he has given you the autumn rains because he is faithful. He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

Galatians 6:9

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.