42 Bible Verses about grieving

In much wisdom there is much grief for he who increases knowledge increases pain.

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

My eyes are dim because of grief. My limbs are like a shadow.

Indeed he was sick and near to death. But God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

My life is spent from sorrow, my years from groaning. My strength staggers under the weight of my guilt, and my bones waste away.

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness the appearance of the heart is made better.

I weep because of grief; strengthen me according to your word (as you promised).

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in which (Greek: en hos) (in which) (Greek: hos, he ho) (whereby) (which) you were sealed to the day of release by ransom.

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting. That is the end for all men and the living takes it to heart.

You greatly rejoice in this, though you have been grieved with various trials for a little while.

A foolish (stupid) son is a grief to his father and bitterness to his mother.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

For though he sends grief, still he will have pity in the full measure of his love.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

I do not want you to be ignorant brothers, concerning those who are asleep (in death). You do not need to sorrow like others who have no hope.

The blessing of Jehovah makes rich and he adds no grief to it.

Jehovah says: Do not enter a house of mourning, or go to lament or to console them. I have withdrawn my peace from this people, declares Jehovah, even my loving kindness and compassion.

Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him because they saw that he was in such great pain.

God will wipe away all tears from their eyes. There will be no more death. There will be no more sorrow nor crying. There will be no more pain! The former things have passed away.

For godly sorrow works repentance leading to salvation. This is a repentance that brings no regret: but the sorrow of the world works death.

You have sorrow now. But I will see you again. Your heart will rejoice and no one can take your joy from you.

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

Even in laughter the heart has pain; and joy may end in grief.

Be gracious to me, O Jehovah, because I am in distress. My eyes, my life, and my body waste away with grief.

Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for childhood and youth are vanity.

My eyes grow weak with sorrow. I am weak because of all my foes.

The heart knows its own bitterness; and no one else can share its joy.

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

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

I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.

Your sun will no longer go down, nor will your moon disappear. Jehovah will be your everlasting light, and your days of sadness will be over.

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

But hearing these words, the young man went away grieving, for he was very wealthy.

He takes no pleasure in troubling and causing grief to the children of men, it is not within his heart.

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

Jehovah said to Samuel: How long will you mourn for Saul? After all I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go. I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite. I have a king from 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 that letter made you sorry, though but for a season),

They will make themselves bald for you and gird themselves with sackcloth. They will weep for you in bitterness and with painful mourning.

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

I walked around as if I were mourning for my friend or my brother. I was bent over as if I were mourning for my mother.