Bible Verses About / Grief
Bible Verses About Grief
Verses about mourning, loss, and comfort in sorrow.
This is an editorial selection of 10 references commonly associated with this theme, not an automated or exhaustive result. The text of each verse below is looked up verbatim from the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- the same data every roller on this site draws from.
1.“Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.”
Psalms 34:18
2.“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
Matthew 5:4
3.“He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.”
Psalms 147:3
4.“He will wipe away 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.””
Revelation 21:4
5.“Jesus wept.”
John 11:35
6.“For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.”
Psalms 30:5
7.“who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
2 Corinthians 1:4
8.“to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Yahweh, that he may be glorified.”
Isaiah 61:3
9.“My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
Psalms 73:26
10.““Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.”
John 14:1
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