42 Bible Verses about grieving
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Indeed, he was so sick that he nearly died. However, God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have one grief on top of another.
Indeed, my life is consumed with grief
and my years with groaning;
my strength has failed
because of my sinfulness,
and my bones waste away.
Grief is better than laughter,
for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.
And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit. You were sealed by Him for the day of redemption.
It is better to go to a house of mourning
than to go to a house of feasting,
since that is the end of all mankind,
and the living should take it to heart.
You rejoice in this, though now for a short time you have had to struggle in various trials
A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.
Even if He causes suffering,
He will show compassion
according to His abundant, faithful love.
Be miserable and mourn and weep. Your laughter must change to mourning and your joy to sorrow.
We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
“For this is what the Lord says: Don’t enter a house where a mourning feast is taking place. Don’t go to lament or sympathize with them, for I have removed My peace from these people”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“as well as My faithful love and compassion.
Then they sat on the ground with him seven days and nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering was very intense.
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
Death will no longer exist;
grief, crying, and pain will exist no longer,
because the previous things have passed away.
For godly grief produces a repentance not to be regretted and leading to salvation, but worldly grief produces death.
So you also have sorrow now. But I will see you again. Your hearts will rejoice, and no one will rob you of your joy.
Be gracious to me, Lord,
because I am in distress;
my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow—
my whole being as well.
Remove sorrow from your heart,
and put away pain from your flesh,
because youth and the prime of life are fleeting.
The heart knows its own bitterness,
and no outsider shares in its joy.
She went and reported to those who had been with Him, as they were mourning and weeping.
Your sun will no longer set,
and your moon will not fade;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and the days of your sorrow will be over.
as grieving yet always rejoicing;
as poor yet enriching many;
as having nothing yet possessing everything.
When the young man heard that command, he went away grieving, because he had many 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 are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have selected a king from his sons.”
For even if I grieved you with my letter, I do not regret it—even though I did regret it since I saw that the letter grieved you, yet only for a little while.
They shave their heads because of you
and wrap themselves in sackcloth.
They weep over you
with deep anguish and bitter mourning.
If anyone has caused pain, he has caused pain not so much to me but to some degree—not to exaggerate—to all of you.
I went about grieving as if for my friend or brother;
I was bowed down with grief,
like one mourning a mother.
Topics on Grieving
Grieving God
Genesis 6:6the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth,
Grieving With Hope
1 Thessalonians 4:13We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.
