50 Bible Verses About Grief

“The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.”

“The people grieved for Benjamin, because Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.”

“She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, weeping bitterly.”

“They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh,“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.”

“For we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground, which can’t be gathered up again; neither does God take away life, but devises means, that he who is banished not be an outcast from him.”

“When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the GodThe Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). of heaven,”

“Help, Yahweh; for the godly man ceases. For the faithful fail from among the children of men.”

“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?”

“For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.”

“Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.”

“Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.”

“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.”

“I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.”

“My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.”

“My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word.”

“Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.”

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

“Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the face the heart is made good.”

“The new wine mourns. The vine languishes. All the merry-hearted sigh.”

“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.”

“She who has borne seven languishes. She has given up the spirit. Her sun has gone down while it was yet day. She has been disappointed and confounded. I will deliver their residue to the sword before their enemies,” says Yahweh.”

“For Yahweh says, “Don’t enter into the house of mourning. Don’t go to lament. Don’t bemoan them, for I have taken away my peace from this people,” says Yahweh, “even loving kindness and tender mercies.”

“Don’t weep for the dead. Don’t bemoan him; but weep bitterly for him who goes away, for he will return no more, and not see his native country.”

“Concerning the prophets: My heart within me is broken. All my bones shake. I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of Yahweh, and because of his holy words.”

“Yahweh says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.””

“‘You said, “Woe is me now! For Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain! I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.”’”

“The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to the solemn assembly. All her gates are desolate. Her priests sigh. Her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.”

““For these things I weep. My eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me. My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.””

““Look, Yahweh; for I am in distress. My heart is troubled. My heart turns over within me, for I have grievously rebelled. Abroad, the sword bereaves. At home, it is like death.”

“They will make themselves bald for you, and clothe themselves with sackcloth. They will weep for you in bitterness of soul, with bitter mourning.”

“Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God,The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim). for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God’s house.”

“Therefore Yahweh, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways; and they will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ and they will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.”

“I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.”

“Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t weep at all. At Beth OphrahBeth Ophrah means literally “House of Dust.” I have rolled myself in the dust.”

“I will pour on David’s house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to meAfter “me”, the Hebrew has the two letters “Aleph Tav” (the first and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet), not as a word, but as a grammatical marker. whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.”

““A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn’t be comforted, because they are no more.”Jeremiah 31:15”

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.Isaiah 61:2; 66:10,13”

“About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eli, Eli, limaTR reads “lama” instead of “lima” sabachthani?” That is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”Psalm 22:1”

“Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.”

“Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.”

“When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,”

“Most certainly I tell you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.”

“Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.”

“For these things happened, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, “A bone of him will not be broken.”Exodus 12:46; Numbers 9:12; Psalm 34:20”

“Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.””

“Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.”

“For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.”

“Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.”

“Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.”

“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.””