Thematic Bible: Mourning for, often
Thematic Bible
The Dead » Mourning for, often » Very great
Thus says Yahweh, "A voice [is] heard in Ramah, lamentation, [the] weeping of bitterness. Rachel [is] weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted because of her children, for they are no [more]."
Then Jesus, when he saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her weeping, was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled within himself.
"A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping [for] her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because {they exist no longer}."
The Dead » Mourning for, often » Lasted many days
When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which [was] beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and sorrowful wailing. And he made a mourning ceremony for his father seven days.
Forty days {were required for it}, for thus [are] the days {required for} embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.
And Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.
The Dead » Mourning for, often » Testified by rending the garments
David said to Joab and to all the people who [were] with him, "Tear your clothing and put on sackcloth and mourn before Abner." Now King David [was] following after the bier.
And Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.
The Dead » Mourning for, often » With plaintive music
{Therefore} my heart moans for Moab like the flute. It moans for the people of Kir-heres like the flute. {Therefore} [the] wealth they gained has perished.
And [when] Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd,
The Dead » Mourning for, often » Loud and clamorous
Both the great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried, and they will not mourn for them, and no one will cut himself with a blade, and no one will shave himself for them.
And they came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue and saw a commotion, and [people] weeping and wailing loudly.
The Dead » Mourning for, often » By hired mourners
Thus says Yahweh of hosts: "Consider closely, and call for the wailing women, so that they come, and for the skillful women, so that they come. And let them hasten, and let them lift up wailing over us, so that our eyes may melt [with] tears, and our eyelids may flow [with] water.
The Dead » Mourning for, often » Testified by change of apparel
So Joab sent to Tekoa and took from there a wise woman, and he said to her, "Please pretend to mourn and put on garments of mourning. You should not anoint yourself [with] oil, and you must act like this woman who has been mourning over the dead for {a long time}.
The Dead » Mourning for, often » Testified by covering the head
and because the king had covered his face and cried with a loud voice, "My son, Absalom, Absalom, my son, my son."
The Dead » Mourning for, often » Testified by tearing the hair
And they will not break bread for [the] mourning ceremony for them, to comfort him because of [the] dead. And they will not give drink to them, [the] cup of desolation, for their fathers, or for their mothers.