42 Bible Verses about grieving

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.

For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.

My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word.

Don't grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.

Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,

A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

For though he cause grief, yet he will have compassion according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.

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

But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

Yahweh's blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

For thus says Yahweh, Don't enter into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says Yahweh, even loving kindness and tender mercies.

So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away."

For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.

Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.

Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.

Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.

Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.

The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.

She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart.

Your sun shall no more go down, neither shall your moon withdraw itself; for Yahweh will be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended.

as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

But when the young man heard the saying, he went away sad, for he was one who had great possessions.

For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.

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

Yahweh said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons."

For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it, though I did regret it. For I see that my letter made you sorry, though just for a while.

and they shall make themselves bald for you, and clothe them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.

But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I not press too heavily) to you all.

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.