20 Bible Verses About Grief (KJV)
The Bible never rushes the grieving. Its shortest verse is "Jesus wept," and its last chapters promise a day when God "shall wipe away all tears." These twenty verses sit with sorrow honestly — and point beyond it.
“The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”Psalms 34:18 (KJV)
“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”Psalms 147:3 (KJV)
“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”Matthew 5:4 (KJV)
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”Revelation 21:4 (KJV)
“Jesus wept.”John 11:35 (KJV)
“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”Psalms 30:5 (KJV)
“Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;”Psalms 30:11 (KJV)
“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;”Isaiah 61:1 (KJV)
“To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.”Isaiah 61:3 (KJV)
“But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.”1 Thessalonians 4:13 (KJV)
“For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.”1 Thessalonians 4:14 (KJV)
“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;”2 Corinthians 1:3 (KJV)
“Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.”2 Corinthians 1:4 (KJV)
“Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?”Psalms 56:8 (KJV)
“And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.”John 16:22 (KJV)
“Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.”Psalms 116:15 (KJV)
“It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.”Lamentations 3:22 (KJV)
“They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.”Lamentations 3:23 (KJV)
“He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.”Isaiah 25:8 (KJV)
“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;”Ecclesiastes 3:4 (KJV)
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