42 Bible Verses about grieving

For with great wisdom comes great frustration; whoever increases his knowledge merely increases his heartache.

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

My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.

In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. But God showed mercy to him -- and not to him only, but also to me -- so that I would not have grief on top of grief.

For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.

Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.

I collapse from grief. Sustain me by your word!

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.

This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.

A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us according to the abundance of his loyal kindness.

Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair.

Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope.

The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it.

"Moreover I, the Lord, tell you: 'Do not go into a house where they are having a funeral meal. Do not go there to mourn and express your sorrow for them. For I have stopped showing them my good favor, my love, and my compassion. I, the Lord, so affirm it!

Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more -- or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist."

For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

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

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

Have mercy on me, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.

The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.

She went out and told those who were with him, while they were mourning and weeping.

let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.

I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

Your sun will no longer set; your moon will not disappear; the Lord will be your permanent source of light; your time of sorrow will be over.

as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich.

For he is not predisposed to afflict or to grieve people.

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

The Lord said to Samuel, "How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons."

For even if I made you sad by my letter, I do not regret having written it (even though I did regret it, for I see that my letter made you sad, though only for a short time).

they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth, and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning.

But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not saddened me alone, but to some extent (not to exaggerate) he has saddened all of you as well.

I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.