18 occurrences

'Grief' in the Bible

You have seen it; for your eyes are on sorrow and grief, to take it into your hand: the poor man puts his faith in you; you have been the helper of the child who has no father.

Verse ConceptsOrphansPoverty, Attitudes TowardsSorrowSympathyUnhappinessAfflictions, Consolation DuringChoosing God's WayGod Helpsrehabilitation

Give thought to my grief and my pain; and take away all my sins.

Verse ConceptsGod Forgive!Assisted SuicideAfflictions

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Expression OfSorrowUnhappinessTearsEyes Harmedgrieving

My behaviour was as if it had been my friend or my brother: I was bent low in grief like one whose mother is dead.

Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingBereavement, Expression OfBowingHeadsAttitude Towards Your MotherMourning DeathDeath Of A Mothergrieving

Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

Verse ConceptsCrowdsMultitudesJoy In WorshipShouting For JoyHolidayPraise, Manner And Methods OfThanksgivingPrayer, Offered WithGoing TogetherProcessionsPeople Going BeforePeople RememberingThanking GodFestivals Observed

For it was not my hater who said evil of me; that would have been no grief to me; it was not one outside the number of my friends who made himself strong against me, or I would have kept myself from him in a secret place;

Verse ConceptsFriendsBest FriendsFunHurt And BetrayalEnemy Attacksbackstabbing

O God, let the voice of my grief come to your ear: keep my life from the fear of those who are against me.

Verse ConceptsComplaintsHear Prayer!Pay Attention O God!Mental AbuseProtection From EnemiesEnemy Attacks

When I put on the clothing of grief, they said evil of me.

Verse ConceptsSportsliberation

Because they are cruel to him against whom your hand is turned; they make bitter the grief of him who is wounded by you.

Verse ConceptsCharacter Of WickedPersecution, Nature OfGod Beating PeopleHurtharassment

My heart was made bitter, and I was pained by the bite of grief:

Verse ConceptsConviction Of SinBitterness

I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)

Verse ConceptsComplaintsTroublePsalm InterjectionsBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

So that he made their hearts weighted down with grief; they were falling, and had no helper.

Verse ConceptsNo HelpThe Fact Of Toilhardwork

The sinner will see it with grief; he will be wasted away with envy; the desire of the evil-doers will come to nothing.

Verse ConceptsFutilityBitingDecayRest, SpiritualTeethGnashing Of TeethThe Fate Of The WickedFrustration

Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me?

Verse ConceptsHatredHating EvilHating GodHatehaters

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain