Thematic Bible: Examples of grief


Thematic Bible



And the king was much moved, and went up to the upper chamber of the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said thus: O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died in thy stead, O Absalom, my son, my son! Verse ConceptsDavid, Character OfCryingChildren, needs ofDespondency, Causes OfBereavement, Experience OfIntimacyLonelinessMourningRegretStairwaysSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfWeepingChildren, Parents LoveDuplicating WordsDesire For DeathUpper RoomsMourning The Death Of OthersLove For Children

And she said to them, Call me not Naomi call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. Verse ConceptsDisappointments, Examples OfPeople Renaming PeopleGod TroublingPeople With Apt NamesDepressionBitterness

And Sarah died in Kirjath-Arba: that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. Verse ConceptsGriefLossSorrowWeepingMourning The Death Of OthersDeath

And the people came to Bethel, and sat there till evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly. Verse ConceptsShrinesSittingVoicesWeepingAction Until Evening

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. Thus his father wept for him. Verse ConceptsBereavement, Experience OfGrave, TheLove, And The WorldSheolWeepingComfort, Of FriendsParental LoveAfflicted To DeathNo Comfort


Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit, and was troubled, Verse ConceptsBereavement, God's Comfort inSpirit, Nature OfUnhappinessWeepingMourning The Death Of Others

But Mary stood at the tomb weeping without. As therefore she wept, she stooped down into the tomb, Verse ConceptsSorrowUnhappinessWeepingCrouchingJesus TombMourning The Death Of Christ

And Peter rising up went with them, whom, when arrived, they brought up into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him weeping and shewing him the body-coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them. Verse ConceptsClothBereavement, Experience OfStairwaysDressMournersWidowsClothing The NeedyOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsActual WidowsUpper RoomsMourning The Death Of Otherssisterhood

And Job rose up, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshipped; Verse ConceptsMantlesClothing, Tearing OfBarbersBaldnessBereavement, Experience OfHairsShavingTearing Of ClothesDressThose Who Tore Clothes

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But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; and if mischief should befall him by the way in which ye go, then would ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol. Verse ConceptsBereavement, Experience OfGrave, TheLove, And The WorldUnhappinessParental LoveAfflicted To DeathGreySole SurvivorsDeath Of Unnamed Individuals

And the king was much moved, and went up to the upper chamber of the gate, and wept; and as he went, he said thus: O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died in thy stead, O Absalom, my son, my son! Verse ConceptsDavid, Character OfCryingChildren, needs ofDespondency, Causes OfBereavement, Experience OfIntimacyLonelinessMourningRegretStairwaysSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfWeepingChildren, Parents LoveDuplicating WordsDesire For DeathUpper RoomsMourning The Death Of OthersLove For Children

And she said to them, Call me not Naomi call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. Verse ConceptsDisappointments, Examples OfPeople Renaming PeopleGod TroublingPeople With Apt NamesDepressionBitterness

And Sarah died in Kirjath-Arba: that is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. Verse ConceptsGriefLossSorrowWeepingMourning The Death Of OthersDeath

And the people came to Bethel, and sat there till evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly. Verse ConceptsShrinesSittingVoicesWeepingAction Until Evening

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. Thus his father wept for him. Verse ConceptsBereavement, Experience OfGrave, TheLove, And The WorldSheolWeepingComfort, Of FriendsParental LoveAfflicted To DeathNo Comfort


Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit, and was troubled, Verse ConceptsBereavement, God's Comfort inSpirit, Nature OfUnhappinessWeepingMourning The Death Of Others

But Mary stood at the tomb weeping without. As therefore she wept, she stooped down into the tomb, Verse ConceptsSorrowUnhappinessWeepingCrouchingJesus TombMourning The Death Of Christ

And Peter rising up went with them, whom, when arrived, they brought up into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him weeping and shewing him the body-coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them. Verse ConceptsClothBereavement, Experience OfStairwaysDressMournersWidowsClothing The NeedyOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsActual WidowsUpper RoomsMourning The Death Of Otherssisterhood

And Job rose up, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshipped; Verse ConceptsMantlesClothing, Tearing OfBarbersBaldnessBereavement, Experience OfHairsShavingTearing Of ClothesDressThose Who Tore Clothes

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But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; and if mischief should befall him by the way in which ye go, then would ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol. Verse ConceptsBereavement, Experience OfGrave, TheLove, And The WorldUnhappinessParental LoveAfflicted To DeathGreySole SurvivorsDeath Of Unnamed Individuals