Thematic Bible: Mourning for
Thematic Bible
The Dead » Mourning for » Examples of grief
She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, “Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
“
Lamentation and bitter weeping.
Rachel is weeping for her children;
She
Because
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled,
So Peter arose and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the upper room; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them.
Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped.
But Jacob said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should befall him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
The Dead » Mourning for » Hired mourners
Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Lord,
“There iswailing in all the plazas,
And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They also call thefarmer to mourning
Andprofessional mourners to lamentation.
“There is
And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They also call the
And
Furthermore, men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags himself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home while mourners go about in the street.
Then Jeremiah chanted a lament for Josiah. And all the male and female singers speak about Josiah in their lamentations to this day. And they made them an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are also written in the Lamentations.
Thus says the Lord of hosts,
“Consider and call for themourning women, that they may come;
And send for thewailing women, that they may come!
“Consider and call for the
And send for the
When Jesus came into the official’s house, and saw the flute-players and the crowd in noisy disorder,
The Dead » Mourning for » General references to
Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes and gird on sackcloth and lament before Abner.” And King David walked behind the bier.
Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
When all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days.
So the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan and for the people of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.
Related Topics
- Action Until Evening
- Afflicted To Death
- Bereavement, Experience Of
- Bereavement, Expression Of
- Cloth
- Dress
- Gestures
- Grave, The
- Lamenting
- Loneliness
- Loss