Bible Verses about “grief and sorrow”
The Bible contains 41 verses about grief and sorrow across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
“casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.”
“Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.”
“"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.”
“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don't let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.”
“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.”
“He will wipe away from them 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."”
“He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.”
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:”
“a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;”
“Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.”
“He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.”
“You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.”
“a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.”
“Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh's house forever. A Psalm by David.”
“Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.”
“He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.”
“a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;”
“a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;”
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
“a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;”
“a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;”
“a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;”
“For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."”
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.”
“"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.”
“Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.”
“But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope.”
“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.”
“I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.”
“What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?”
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;”
“I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.”
“Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him.”
“He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,”
“I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him.”
“Jesus wept.”
“My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
“A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me."”
“Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.”
“For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.”