'Sad' in the Bible

When Joseph came to see them in the morning, he noticed how downcast they looked! They were both very sad.

So he asked Pharaoh's officers, who were with him in prison in his master's house, "Why are you so sad today?"

But Jacob replied, "My son isn't going back with you, since his brother is dead and he's the only one left. If something should harm him as you travel, then it'll be death for me and my sad, gray hair!"

If you take this one from me, too, and then something harmful happens to him, then it will be death for me and my sad, gray hair!'

when he notices that the young man hasn't come back with us, he'll die, and your servants really will have brought death to your servant, our father, along with his sad, gray hair!

She said, "Let your servant find favor in your eyes." Then she went on her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

A happy heart enlightens the face, but a sad heart reflects a broken spirit.

"Whenever you fast, don't be gloomy like the hypocrites, because they put on sad faces to show others they are fasting. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

But when the young man heard this statement he went away sad, because he had many possessions.

Shocked at this statement, the man went away sad, because he had many possessions.

They began to be very sad and asked him, one after the other, "Surely I am not the one, am I?"

But when the official heard this he became sad, because he was very rich.

So when Jesus saw how sad he was, he said, "How hard it is for rich people to get into the kingdom of God!

After all, if I were to grieve you, who should make me happy but the person I am making sad?

This is the very reason I wrote you, so that when I did come I might not be made sad by those who should have made me happy. For I had confidence that all of you would share the joy that I have.

I wrote to you out of great sorrow and anguish of heart along with many tears not to make you sad but to let you know how much love I have for you.

If I made you sad with my letter, I do not regret it, although I did regret it then. I see that the letter caused you sorrow, though only for a while.