42 Bible Verses about grieving

for, in abundance of wisdom is abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'

Happy the mourning -- because they shall be comforted.

And dim from sorrow is mine eye, And my members as a shadow all of them.

for he also ailed nigh to death, but God did deal kindly with him, and not with him only, but also with me, that sorrow upon sorrow I might not have.

For my life hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old.

Better is sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.

My soul hath dropped from affliction, Establish me according to Thy word.

and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.

Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth it unto his heart.

in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in manifold trials,

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

to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

For though He afflicted, yet He hath pitied, According to the abundance of His kindness.

be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope,

The blessing of Jehovah -- it maketh rich, And He addeth no grief with it.

For thus said Jehovah: Do not enter the house of a mourning-feast, Nor go to lament nor bemoan for them, For I have removed My peace from this people, An affirmation of Jehovah, The kindness and the mercies.

And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,

'And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one doth take from you,

'In those days, I, Daniel, have been mourning three weeks of days;

Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy is affliction.

Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.

And turn aside anger from thy heart, And cause evil to pass from thy flesh, For the childhood and the age are vanity!

Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,

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

she having gone, told those who had been with him, mourning and weeping;

He drinketh, and forgetteth his poverty, And his misery he remembereth not again.

that I have great grief and unceasing pain in my heart --

Thy sun goeth no more in, And thy moon is not removed, For Jehovah becometh to thee a light age-during. And the days of thy mourning have been completed.

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

And the young man, having heard the word, went away sorrowful, for he had many possessions;

For He hath not afflicted with His heart, Nor doth He grieve the sons of men.

A time to weep, And a time to laugh. A time to mourn, And a time to skip.

And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, 'Till when art thou mourning for Saul, and I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I send thee unto Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, for I have seen among his sons for Myself a king.

because even if I made you sorry in the letter, I do not repent -- if even I did repent -- for I perceive that the letter, even if for an hour, did make you sorry.

And they have made for thee baldness, And they have girded on sackcloth, And they have wept for thee, In bitterness of soul -- a bitter mourning.

And if any one hath caused sorrow, he hath not caused sorrow to me, but in part, that I may not burden you all;

As if a friend, as if my brother, I walked habitually, As a mourner for a mother, Mourning I have bowed down.