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Bible verses about grief.

90 verses about grief from the King James Version, the most loved first.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Matthew 5:4 › · King James Version

The most loved verses about grief.

The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Psalms 34:18 ›

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. 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 4:13-14 ›

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 ›

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 ›

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive…

John 14:1-3 ›

All 90 verses about grief.

  • Matthew 5:4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
  • Psalms 34:18The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
  • 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14But 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. For if we…
  • Revelation 21:4And 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…
  • John 16:22And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
  • Psalms 147:3He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
  • John 14:1-4Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told…
  • 2 Corinthians 1:3-4Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our…
  • Psalms 23:4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
  • Psalms 68:5A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
  • John 14:27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
  • Isaiah 54:4-5Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy…
  • Romans 8:38-39For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor…
  • James 1:27Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted…
  • Exodus 22:22-24Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; And…
  • Jeremiah 49:11Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:54-57So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that…
  • 1 Timothy 5:3-6Honour widows that are widows indeed. But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their…
  • John 11:25-26Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and…
  • Genesis 37:34-35And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to…
  • 2 Samuel 12:18-23And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said…
  • Genesis 23:2And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
  • Genesis 44:27-29And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces…
  • Genesis 50:10And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a…
  • Exodus 12:30And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house…
  • Leviticus 19:28Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
  • Leviticus 21:1-5And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people…
  • Deuteronomy 14:1Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
  • 1 Samuel 30:4Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
  • 2 Samuel 1:12And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel…
  • 2 Samuel 1:17-27And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow…
  • 2 Samuel 3:33-34And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth? Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth…
  • 2 Samuel 13:37But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day.
  • 2 Samuel 14:2And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning…
  • 2 Samuel 18:33And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son…
  • Psalms 116:15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.
  • Ecclesiastes 3:1-4To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to…
  • Isaiah 25:8He 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…
  • Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for…
  • Jeremiah 16:6-7Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make…
  • Jeremiah 22:18Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah…
  • Jeremiah 31:15Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her…
  • Matthew 2:17-18Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great…
  • 2 Corinthians 5:8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
  • Ephesians 4:30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
  • Hebrews 3:10Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
  • Hebrews 3:17But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
  • Psalms 146:9The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
  • Deuteronomy 10:18He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
  • Deuteronomy 14:28-29At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: And the Levite…
  • Deuteronomy 16:11-14And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is…
  • Deuteronomy 24:17Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:
  • Deuteronomy 24:19-21When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the…
  • Deuteronomy 27:19Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Job 22:9Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.
  • Job 24:3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
  • Job 24:21He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
  • Job 29:13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.
  • Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
  • Psalms 94:6They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
  • Proverbs 15:25The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
  • Isaiah 1:17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
  • Isaiah 1:23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither…
  • Isaiah 10:1-2Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to…
  • Jeremiah 7:6-7If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt…
  • Jeremiah 22:3Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence…
  • Ezekiel 22:7In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the…
  • Zechariah 7:10And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
  • Malachi 3:5And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers…
  • Matthew 23:14Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the…
  • 1 Timothy 5:9-12Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, Well reported of for good works; if she have…
  • 1 Timothy 5:16If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows…
  • Genesis 38:14And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to…
  • Genesis 38:19And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
  • Numbers 30:9But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
  • Deuteronomy 26:12-13When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the…
  • 2 Samuel 14:5And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
  • Job 27:15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.
  • Psalms 78:64Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
  • Isaiah 47:8-9Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I…
  • Jeremiah 15:8Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I…
  • Jeremiah 18:21Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their…
  • Lamentations 1:1How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people how is she become as a widow she that was great among the nations, and princess among the…
  • Lamentations 5:3We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
  • Mark 12:40Which devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
  • Luke 20:47Which devour widows’ houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
  • Acts 6:1And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows…
  • Acts 9:39Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing…
  • 1 Corinthians 7:8-9I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is…
  • 1 Timothy 5:11-14But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; Having damnation, because they have cast off…
4 more verses that touch on it
  • 1 Samuel 31:13And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
  • 2 Samuel 3:35And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread…
  • 2 Samuel 12:16David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
  • 1 Corinthians 7:39The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the…

Every verse is the King James Version, word for word. They are gathered from two topic books, Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897); the most loved come first, from readers' votes on OpenBible.info and the lists of the big Bible sites.

Questions people ask.

What does the Bible say about grief?

The Bible speaks to grief in verses such as Matthew 5:4, “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted”, and Psalms 34:18, “The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart” (King James Version).

Which Bible verses about grief are most loved?

Among the most loved is Matthew 5:4, “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” Others are Psalms 34:18, 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 and Revelation 21:4.

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