84 Helpful Bible Verses About Grief

Losing a loved one is something that is a part of life that never gets easier, right? This being said, you must learn new ways of coping with grief and loss. The best thing I’ve found is reading the scriptures. So, here are 84 bible verses about grief that I hope bring you comfort in your time of need.

What Are the Best Bible Verses About Grief?

Losing someone you love leaves an indescribable pain that only time can heal. During times of grief, I can say from personal experience that the words found in the scriptures provide comfort to help heal a broken heart. So, here are 84 bible verses about grief that I hope bring you comfort when you’ll need it most.

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What Are the Best Bible Verses About Grief and Mourning?

For everything, there is a season and a time for every activity under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:1

A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. Ecclesiastes 3:2

A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up. Ecclesiastes 3:3

A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance. Ecclesiastes 3:4

He said, I came naked from my mother’s womb, and I will be naked when I leave. The Lord gave me what I had, and the Lord has taken it away. Praise the name of the Lord! Job 1:21

To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for his own glory. Isaiah 61:3

what are the best Bible verses about Grief, Tears, and Sorrow?

If you want to learn more about how God created our tears to help us heal in grief read the post from my friend Lisa Appello before you read the following bible verses about tears for grief.

He has saved me from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling. Psalm 116:8

He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever. Revelation 21:4

Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cries for help! Don’t ignore my tears. For I am your guest a traveler passing through, as my ancestors were before me. Psalm 39:12

Go back to Hezekiah, the leader of my people. Tell him, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you, and three days from now you will get out of bed and go to the Temple of the Lord. 2 Kings 20:5

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Be happy with those who are happy, and weep with those who weep. Romans 12:15

For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime! Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning. Psalm 30:5

You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book. Psalm 56:8

Those who plant in tears will harvest with shouts of joy. Psalm 126:5

They weep as they go to plant their seed, but they sing as they return with the harvest. Psalm 126:6

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You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy. Psalm 30:11

That I might sing praises to you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give you thanks forever! Psalm 30:12

He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds. Psalm 147:3

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed. Psalm 34:18

Your promise revives me; it comforts me in all my troubles. Psalm 119:50

And the last enemy to be destroyed is death. 1 Corinthians 15:26

Yes, we are fully confident, and we would rather be away from these earthly bodies, for then we will be at home with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:8

And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world. 1 Corinthians 15:19

But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.1 Corinthians 15:20

what are the Bible Verses About Grief and Hope?

Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled: “Death is swallowed up in victory. 1 Corinthians 15:54

O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? 1 Corinthians 15:55

And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. 1 Thessalonians 4:13

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. Psalm 116:15

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. 1 Peter 1:3

He will swallow up death forever and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken. Isaiah 25:8

For now, we see in a mirror dimly but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.1 Corinthians 13:12

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26

 So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. John 16:22

 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13

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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

Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. Romans 8:18

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever. Psalm 34:18

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Matthew 5:4

What Are the Best God of All Comfort Grief Bible Verses?

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort. 2 Corinthians 1:3

Who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we receive from God. 2 Corinthians 1:4

Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. Isaiah 53:4

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds, we are healed. Isaiah 53:5

We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way, and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:6

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest Joshua 1:9

So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Matthew 11:29

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. Matthew 11:30

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. John 14:27

what are the Best Bible Verses about grief In the Bible on Trusting God?

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds. James 1:2

Because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. James 1:3

Because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. James 1:4

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5

In all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:6

what are the Best Bible Verses about grieving?

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For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers. Romans 8:38

Neither height nor depth nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:39

We are confident, I say and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. 2 Corinthians 5:8

Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. 1 Thessalonians 4:13

For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. 1 Thessalonians 4:14

According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. 1 Thessalonians 4:15

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For the Lord, himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 1 Thessalonians 4:16

After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. 1 Thessalonians 4:17

Therefore encourage one another with these words. 1 Thessalonians 4:18

So will it be with the resurrection of the dead? The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable. 1 Corinthians 15:42

It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power. 1 Corinthians 15:43

It is sown as a natural body, it is raised as a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 1 Corinthians 15:44

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. Psalm 116:15

what are Bible Verses on Grief about children?

Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. Psalm 127:3

But Jesus said, ‘Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 19:14

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3

At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? Matthew 18:1

He called a little child to him and placed the child among them. Matthew 18:2

And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3

Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:4

what are the Grief verses in the Bible about hope?

Yea, 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. Psalm 23:4

Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will have not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2

For this God is our God forever and ever; he will be our guide even to the end. Psalm 48:14

The Lord also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble. Psalm 9:9

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. John 11:25

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Love yesterday, today, and forever. Jeremiah 31:3

Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate. Mark 10:9

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:7

And he said to him, ‘Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise. Luke 23:43

Your Turn

Which of the 84 helpful bible verses about grief are the most helpful for you? It’s my sincere desire and hope that these Bible verses about grieving will be beneficial for you in your walk with God.

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