42 Bible Verses about grieving

For where much wisdom is, there is also great travail and disquietness; and the more knowledge a man hath, the more is his care.

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Mine eye is dim for very heaviness, and all my strength is become like a shadow.

and no doubt he was sick, and that nigh unto death, but God had mercy on him: not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have had sorrow upon sorrow.

For my life is waxen old with heaviness, and my years with mourning. My strength faileth me, because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

It is better to be sorry than to laugh, for when the countenance is heavy the heart is joyful.

My soul melteth away for very heaviness; comfort thou me according unto thy word.

And grieve not the holy spirit of God, by whom ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

It is better to go into a house of mourning, than into a banquet house: For there is the end of all men, and he that is living taketh it to heart.

in the which time ye shall rejoice, though now for a season - if need require - ye are in heaviness, through manifold temptations,

An indiscreet son is a grief unto his father; and a heaviness unto his mother that bare him.

Be merry with them that are merry. Weep with them that weep.

But though he do cast off, yet according to the multitude of his mercies, he receiveth to grace again.

Suffer afflictions: sorrow ye and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

I would not, brethren, have you ignorant concerning them which are fallen asleep, that ye sorrow not as others do which have no hope.

The blessing of the LORD, maketh rich men; as for careful travail, it doth nothing thereto.

Again, thus sayeth the LORD: Go not unto them that come together for to mourn and weep: for I have taken my peace from this people, sayeth the LORD; yea, my favour and my mercy.

They sat them down by him also upon the ground seven days and seven nights. Neither was there any of them that spake one word unto him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. And there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, neither crying, neither shall there be any more pain, for the old things are gone.

For ye sorrowed godly: so that in nothing were ye hurt by us. For godly sorrow causeth repentance, unto salvation not to be repented of: when worldly sorrow causeth death.

And ye now are in sorrow: but I will see you again, and your hearts shall rejoice, and your joy shall no man take from you.

At the same time, I, Daniel, mourned for the space of three weeks,

The heart is sorrowful even in laughter; and the end of mirth is heaviness.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble, and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness, yea my soul and my body.

Put away displeasure out of thine heart, and remove evil from thy body: for childhood and youth is but vanity.

My beauty is gone for very trouble, and worn away because of all mine enemies.

The heart of him that hath understanding will neither despair for any sorrow; nor be too presumptuous for any sudden joy.

And she went, and told them that were with him, as they mourned and wept.

that they may drink it, and forget their misery and adversity.

that I have great heaviness, and continual sorrow in my heart.

Thy Sun shall never go down, and thy Moon shall not be taken away, for the LORD himself shall be thine everlasting light, and thy sorrowful days shall be rewarded thee.

as sorrowing and yet always merry, as poor and yet make many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

When the young man heard that saying, he went away mourning. For he had great possessions.

For he doth not plague, and cast out the children of men from his heart.

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; A time to mourn, and a time to dance;

And then the LORD said unto Samuel, "How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have cast him away from reigning over Israel? Fill a horn with ointment, and come: I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have spied me a king among his sons."

Wherefore though I made you sorry with a letter I repent not: though I did repent. For I perceive that that same Epistle made you sorry though it were but for a season.

They shall shave themselves, and put sackcloth upon them for thy sake. They shall mourn for thee with heartful sorrow

If any man hath caused sorrow, the same hath not made me sorry: but partly - lest I should grieve - you all.

I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother; I went heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.