Thematic Bible: Mourning for
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The Dead » Mourning for » Examples of grief
“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
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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.
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So the people went to Bethel and sat there before God until evening. They wept loudly and bitterly,
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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.
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This is what the Lord says:
A voice was heard in Ramah,
a lament with bitter weeping—
Rachel weeping for her children,
refusing to be comforted for her children
because they are no more.
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a lament with bitter weeping—
Rachel weeping for her children,
refusing to be comforted for her children
because they are no more.
When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, He was angry in His spirit and deeply moved.
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But Mary stood outside facing the tomb, crying. As she was crying, she stooped to look into the tomb.
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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.
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Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
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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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The Dead » Mourning for » Hired mourners
Therefore Yahweh, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says:
There will be wailing in all the public squares;
they will cry out in anguish in all the streets.
The farmer will be called on to mourn,
and professional mourners to wail.
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they will cry out in anguish
The farmer will be called on to mourn,
and professional mourners
the almond tree blossoms,
the grasshopper loses its spring,
and the caper berry has no effect;
for man is headed to his eternal home,
and mourners will walk around in the street;
Jeremiah chanted a dirge over Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women still speak of Josiah in their dirges to this very day. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Dirges.
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This is what the Lord of Hosts says:
Consider, and summon the women who mourn;
send for the skillful women.
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send for the skillful women.
When Jesus came to the leader’s house, He saw the flute players and a crowd lamenting loudly.
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The Dead » Mourning for » General references to
David then ordered Joab and all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourn over Abner.” And King David walked behind the funeral procession.
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They took 40 days to complete this, for embalming takes that long, and the Egyptians mourned for him 70 days.
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When the whole community saw that Aaron had passed away, the entire house of Israel mourned for him 30 days.
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The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab 30 days. Then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
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They mourned, wept, and fasted until the evening for those who died by the sword—for Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord’s people, and the house of Israel.
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Related Topics
- Action Until Evening
- Afflicted To Death
- Bereavement, Experience Of
- Bereavement, Expression Of
- Cloth
- Dress
- Gestures
- Grave, The
- Lamenting
- Loneliness
- Loss