42 Bible Verses about grieving

For in much wisdom [is] much frustration, and whoever increases knowledge increases sorrow.

Blessed [are] the ones who mourn, because they will be comforted.

And my eye has grown dim from grief, and the limbs of my body [are] all like a shadow.

For indeed he was sick, coming near to death, but God had mercy on him and not [on] him only, but also [on] me, so that I would not have grief upon grief.

For my life is at an end with sorrow, and my years with sighing. My strength stumbles because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.

Sorrow [is] better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made good.

My soul weeps because of grief; strengthen me according to your word.

and do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for [death is] the end of every person, and the living should take [it] to his heart.

in which you rejoice greatly, [although] now for a short time, if necessary, you are distressed by various trials,

A grief to his father [is] the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him.

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

For even though he causes grief he has compassion according to the greatness of his royal love.

Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloominess.

Now we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you will not grieve as also the rest, who have no hope.

The blessing of Yahweh makes [one] rich, and he does not increase sorrow with it.

For thus says Yahweh, "You must not enter [the] house of [the] funeral meal, and you must not go to lament, and you must not show sympathy for them, for I have taken away my peace from this people," {declares} Yahweh, "the loyal love and the compassion.

Then they sat with him on the ground [for] seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that {his} suffering was very great.

And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist [any] longer, and mourning or wailing or pain will not exist [any] longer. The former [things] have passed away."

For grief according to [the will of] God brings about a repentance [leading] to salvation, not to be regretted, but worldly grief brings about death.

So you also are experiencing sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy from you.

In those days, I, Daniel, I [myself] was [in] mourning {for three whole weeks}.

Even in laughter, a heart may be sad, and the end of joy [may be] grief.

Be gracious [to] me, O Yahweh, because I have distress. My eye wastes away because of vexation, [along with] my soul and my {body}.

Banish anxiety from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and vigor [are] vanity.

My eye wastes away because of vexation; it grows old because of all my oppressors.

The heart knows the bitterness of its soul, but in its joy, it will not share itself with a stranger.

She went out [and] announced [it] to those who were with him [while they] were mourning and weeping.

He will drink and forget his poverty, and his misery he will not remember [any] more.

that my grief is great and [there is] constant distress in my heart.

Your sun shall no longer go [down], and your moon shall not {wane}, for Yahweh himself will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning shall come to an end.

as grieving, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and possessing everything.

But [when] the young man heard the statement, he went away sorrowful, because he was one who had many possessions.

He does not {afflict willingly}, or grieve {anyone}.

a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance;

Then Yahweh said to Samuel, "{How long} will you mourn about Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel! Fill up your horn [with] oil and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have chosen a king for myself among his sons."

For if indeed I grieved you by my letter, I do not regret [it]. Even if I did regret [it] (I see that that letter grieved you, even though for {a short time}),

{They will shave themselves bald for your sake}, and they will dress themselves [in] sackcloth, and they will weep over you with bitterness of soul [and] with bitter wailing.

But if anyone has caused sorrow, he has not caused me sorrow, but {to some degree}--{in order not to say too much}--[to] all [of] you.

I {behaved} as [though he were] a friend [or] as a brother to me. As one lamenting a mother, I was bowed down [in] mourning.