Thematic Bible: Examples of grief


Thematic Bible



The king was deeply moved and went up to the gate chamber and wept. As he walked, he cried, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.

Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

So the people went to Bethel and sat there before God until evening. They wept loudly and bitterly,

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.


When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, He was angry in His spirit and deeply moved.

But Mary stood outside facing the tomb, crying. As she was crying, she stooped to look into the tomb.

So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him to the room upstairs. And all the widows approached him, weeping and showing him the robes and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

But Jacob answered, “My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.”


The king was deeply moved and went up to the gate chamber and wept. As he walked, he cried, “My son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you, Absalom, my son, my son!”

“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.

Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.

So the people went to Bethel and sat there before God until evening. They wept loudly and bitterly,

All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning.” And his father wept for him.


When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, He was angry in His spirit and deeply moved.

But Mary stood outside facing the tomb, crying. As she was crying, she stooped to look into the tomb.

So Peter got up and went with them. When he arrived, they led him to the room upstairs. And all the widows approached him, weeping and showing him the robes and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was with them.

Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

But Jacob answered, “My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow.”


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