Thematic Bible: Mourning for


Thematic Bible



The king was upset, and he went up to the upper room of the gate and wept. He said as he went, "My son, Absalom, my son, my son, Absalom. {If only} I had died instead of you, 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, "You should not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for Shaddai has {caused me to be very bitter}. Verse ConceptsDisappointments, Examples OfPeople Renaming PeopleGod TroublingPeople With Apt NamesDepressionBitterness

And Sarah died in Kiriath Arba; that [is] Hebron, in the land of Canaan. Verse ConceptsGriefLossSorrowWeepingMourning The Death Of OthersDeath

And the people of Bethel came and sat there until evening before God, and they lifted their voices and {wept bitterly}. Verse ConceptsShrinesSittingVoicesWeepingAction Until Evening

And all his sons and daughters tried to console him, but he refused to be consoled. And he said, "No, I shall go down to my son, to Sheol, mourning." And his father wept for him. Verse ConceptsBereavement, Experience OfGrave, TheLove, And The WorldSheolWeepingComfort, Of FriendsParental LoveAfflicted To DeathNo Comfort

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]." Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofDespair, Description OfGospel, Confirmation OfLamentingLonelinessBethlehemProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtProphets, Role OfSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfVoicesProphecies Concerning ChristPeople Passing AwayMourning DeathNo ComfortMessianic Prophecies

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. Verse ConceptsBereavement, God's Comfort inSpirit, Nature OfUnhappinessWeepingMourning The Death Of Others

But Mary stood outside at the tomb, weeping. Then, while she was weeping, she bent over to look into the tomb, Verse ConceptsSorrowUnhappinessWeepingCrouchingJesus TombMourning The Death Of Christ

So Peter got up [and] accompanied them. [When he] arrived, they brought [him] up to the upstairs room, and all the widows came to him, weeping and showing [him] tunics and [other] clothing that Dorcas used to make [while she] was with them. Verse ConceptsClothBereavement, Experience OfStairwaysDressMournersWidowsClothing The NeedyOuter GarmentsInner GarmentsActual WidowsUpper RoomsMourning The Death Of Otherssisterhood

Then Job arose and tore his outer garment and shaved his head; {then} he fell upon the ground and he worshiped. 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 remains. [If] harm meets him on the journey that you would take, you would bring down my gray head in sorrow to Sheol." Verse ConceptsBereavement, Experience OfGrave, TheLove, And The WorldUnhappinessParental LoveAfflicted To DeathGreySole SurvivorsDeath Of Unnamed Individuals

Therefore, thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, my Lord, "In all [of] the public squares [there will be] wailing, and in all [of] the streets [they will say], 'Alas, alas, alas!' They shall call [the] farmers to mourning and [to] wailing, to those who are skilled [in] lamentation. Verse ConceptsGesturesFarmersMourningRoadsMournersWailingCity SquaresGod As A WarriorHighways

They are afraid of heights, and terrors [are] on the road. The almond tree blossoms, and the grasshopper draws itself along, and desire fails because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets. Verse ConceptsGrasshoppersFeeblenessMournersAlmond TreesAcrophobiaSlownessWhite HairMourning DeathCondition Of The SpiritFear Will Comeenergymarketing

And Jeremiah uttered a lament for Josiah, and all the male and female singers have spoken in their laments about Josiah to this day. And they made them a requirement in Israel, and behold, they are written in the laments. Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLamentingSongsTraditionsWritingBooksMournersanniversary

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. Verse ConceptsSkillWisdom, Human NatureMournersWailingWomen WorkingBeing A Woman Of God

And [when] Jesus came into the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd, Verse ConceptsFuneralsNoiseMourningMusical Instruments, types ofMournersWailingDisorder Among PeopleInstrumentalistsDisadvantages Of Crowds

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. Verse ConceptsGesturesClothingClothSackcloth And AshesPreparation For Burial

Forty days {were required for it}, for thus [are] the days {required for} embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. Verse ConceptsLossForty DaysMore Than One MonthTwo To Four MonthsPreparation For Burial

All the community saw that Aaron died; so all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days. Verse ConceptsLossMonthMourningOne MonthMourning The Death Of Others

And the {Israelites} wept [concerning] Moses thirty days; [finally] the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were completed. Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfLossMonthMourningSorrowSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfWeepingOne MonthMourning The Death Of Others

Then they mourned and wept and fasted over Saul and Jonathan his son until the evening, [as well] as over the people of Yahweh and over the house of Israel because they had fallen by the sword. Verse ConceptsFasting, Nature OfEveningLossWeepingAction Until EveningFasting In MourningMourning The Death Of Others