42 Bible Verses about grieving

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.

for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

My soul melteth for heaviness: Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, ye have been put to grief in manifold trials,

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

For though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.

The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.

For thus saith Jehovah, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith Jehovah, even lovingkindness and tender mercies.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation, a repentance which bringeth no regret: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

And ye therefore now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you.

In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; And the end of mirth is heaviness.

Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea , my soul and my body.

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.

The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

She went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, And remember his misery no more.

that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah will be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sorrowful; for he was one that had great possessions.

For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

And Jehovah said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from being king over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go: I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons.

For though I made you sorry with my epistle, I do not regret it: though I did regret it (for I see that that epistle made you sorry, though but for a season),

and they shall make themselves bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.

But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all.

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother: I bowed down mourning, as one that bewaileth his mother.