Bible verses for grief and loss
Grief does not keep to a timetable, and nobody gets to tell you how long it should take. These verses do not hurry you. Some of them are simply about God being near while it hurts.
“The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.”
Psalm 34:18 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
Matthew 5:4 “He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.”
Psalm 147:3 “When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit and was troubled, and said, “Where have you laid him?” They told him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus wept.”
John 11:33-35 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 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 1:3-4 “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
Psalm 23:4 “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
Every verse on this page is from the World English Bible, British Edition, a modern translation in the public domain. Each one is copied exactly from the source, never retyped.
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