Bible Verses about “losing a loved one”
The Bible contains 39 verses about losing a loved one 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.”
“Don't you be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.”
“Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.”
“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.”
“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 that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity.”
“All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.”
“You heard how I told you, 'I go away, and I come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said 'I am going to my Father;' for the Father is greater than I.”
“Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?"”
“Now I have told you before it happens so that, when it happens, you may believe.”
“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.”
“Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of 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?”
“I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.”
“Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?”
“I said in my heart, "As for the sons of men, God tests them, so that they may see that they themselves are like animals.”
“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.”
“I said in my heart, "God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work."”
“Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.”
“That which is has been long ago, and that which is to be has been long ago: and God seeks again that which is passed away.”
“Precious in the sight of Yahweh is the death of his saints.”
“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.”