42 Bible Verses about grieving
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For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.
Sorrow is better than laughter, for by sadness of face the heart is made glad.
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by 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 this is the end of all mankind, and the living will lay it to heart.
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom.
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
"For thus says the LORD: Do not enter the house of mourning, or go to lament or grieve for them, for I have taken away my peace from this people, my steadfast love and mercy, declares the LORD.
And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.
Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.
Your sun shall no more go down, nor your moon withdraw itself; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your days of mourning shall be ended.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
When the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
The LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over 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 for myself a king among his sons."
For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it--though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while.
they make themselves bald for you and put sackcloth on their waist, and they weep over you in bitterness of soul, with bitter mourning.
Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure--not to put it too severely--to all of you.
I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning.
Topics on Grieving
Grieving God
Genesis 6:6And the LORD was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
Grieving With Hope
1 Thessalonians 4:13But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
