Draw a random Bible verse about grief, comfort, and loss, chosen from laments, psalms, and words of consolation.
The Bible makes room for sorrow
Scripture does not hurry mourners along. Jacob refuses comfort, Naomi renames herself bitter, Job sits in ashes, and Jesus weeps at a friend's grave even though he knows what he is about to do. A large share of the Psalms are laments, prayers that begin in pain and sometimes end there too. Psalm 88 is a good example: it closes in darkness and is still included in Scripture.
Comfort without easy answers
Many of the verses here speak of God as near rather than offering an explanation. They speak of tears being noticed, burdens being carried, and hope that does not erase the loss. Paul says believers grieve, but not as those without hope, which allows both at once. Grief often moves in waves, and a verse that feels empty one day may help on another.
If you are grieving
- Let yourself read slowly, and stop when you need to.
- Try praying a lament in your own words, with no need to resolve it.
- Lean on friends, family, a pastor, or a grief counselor, and seek professional help if the weight feels unmanageable or you have thoughts of harming yourself.
The notes here try to describe what each passage says in its setting, not to tell you how you should feel. Loss also changes shape over time: early grief can feel like shock or numbness, and later waves may arrive on anniversaries or in ordinary moments. There is no schedule for mourning in these pages, and many writers return to the same sorrow again and again.
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- Genesis 23:2 – And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.
Abraham mourns and weeps for Sarah at her death, a plain record of grief in the patriarchs' household. - Genesis 37:34-35 – And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
Jacob tears his clothes and refuses comfort when he believes Joseph is dead. - Genesis 50:1 – And Joseph fell upon his father’s face, and wept upon him, and kissed him.
Joseph throws himself on his father's body, weeping and kissing him after Jacob dies. - Numbers 20:29 – And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
The whole community of Israel mourns Aaron for thirty days. - Deuteronomy 34:8 – And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
Israel weeps for Moses on the plains of Moab for thirty days before mourning ends. - Ruth 1:20-21 – And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
Naomi asks to be called Mara, meaning bitter, naming her sorrow openly after losing husband and sons. - 2 Samuel 1:11-12 – Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD , and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
David and his men tear clothes, weep, and fast for Saul and Jonathan. - 2 Samuel 12:22-23 – And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
After the death of his infant son, David stops fasting and says he will go to him someday. - 2 Samuel 18:33 – And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!
David's cry for his son Absalom shows that a parent's grief can be tangled and heavy. - Job 1:20-21 – Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD .
After losing his children and property, Job tears his robe, worships, and blesses God's name. - Job 2:11-13 – Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
Job's three friends mourn with him and sit on the ground in silence for seven days, seeing how great his grief is. - Job 3:11 – Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
Job, overwhelmed by loss, pours out raw anguish and wishes he had never lived, a plain example of honest lament. - Job 16:20 – My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.
Job says his friends scorn him while his eyes pour out tears to God. - Psalm 6:6 – I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
David describes nightly weeping that soaks his bed, a candid picture of exhaustion. - Psalm 13:1-2 – How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD ? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
The psalmist asks how long God will forget him, and his lament is itself a form of prayer. - Psalm 22:1 – My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
A cry of abandonment that Jesus later quotes from the cross. - Psalm 23:4 – 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.
Even in the darkest valley the psalmist says he will fear no evil, because the shepherd is with him. - Psalm 30:5 – For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Weeping may last the night, the psalmist says, but joy comes with the morning. - Psalm 31:9-10 – Have mercy upon me, O LORD , for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea , my soul and my belly. For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
Distress, tears, and a worn body are named plainly in this prayer for mercy. - Psalm 34:18 – The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
The Lord is described as close to the brokenhearted and saving those who are crushed in spirit. - Psalm 38:9 – Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
The psalmist says all his longing is before God and his sighing is not hidden. - Psalm 42:3 – My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Tears have been his food day and night, he says, while others ask where his God is. - Psalm 42:5 – Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
The writer questions his own downcast soul and chooses to hope in God. - Psalm 56:8 – Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
God is pictured keeping track of the psalmist's wanderings and storing his tears in a bottle. - Psalm 61:2 – From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
From the end of the earth with a faint heart, the psalmist asks to be led to a higher rock. - Psalm 73:26 – My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
When flesh and heart fail, the writer says God is the strength of his heart and his portion. - Psalm 77:2-3 – In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
In his day of trouble the psalmist seeks God by night; his soul refuses comfort and he is troubled and overwhelmed. - Psalm 88:18 – Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
This psalm ends in darkness without a resolution, giving words for sorrow that is still ongoing. - Psalm 94:19 – In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
When many anxieties fill his heart, the writer says God's comforts cheer his soul. - Psalm 116:3-4 – The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the LORD ; O LORD , I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
The poet recalls the cords of death and anguish, then calls on the name of the Lord. - Psalm 119:28 – My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
The psalmist's soul melts with grief, and he asks to be strengthened by God's word. - Psalm 119:50 – This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
In affliction the psalmist finds comfort in the promise that gives him life. - Psalm 126:5-6 – They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him .
Those who sow in tears are promised joyful harvest, a picture of sorrow that does not have the last word. - Psalm 139:11-12 – If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee .
Even darkness is not dark to God, a comfort to those who feel hidden in their pain. - Psalm 147:3 – He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
God is praised as the one who heals the brokenhearted and binds their wounds. - Ecclesiastes 3:4 – A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
The Teacher lists a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance. - Ecclesiastes 7:2-4 – It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
The Teacher says a house of mourning teaches more than a house of feasting, since death reminds the living. - Isaiah 25:8 – He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it .
A promise that God will swallow up death forever and wipe tears from all faces. - Isaiah 40:1 – Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Comfort, comfort my people, is the opening line of a message of consolation to exiles. - Isaiah 41:10 – Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
God tells his people not to fear because he is with them, strengthening and upholding them. - Isaiah 43:1-2 – But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
God calls his people by name and promises to be with them through waters and fires. - Isaiah 53:3 – He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
The suffering servant is called a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. - Isaiah 57:15 – For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place , with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
God, high and holy, also dwells with the contrite and lowly to revive their spirit. - Isaiah 61:2-3 – To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD , and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD , that he might be glorified.
The anointed messenger comes to comfort all who mourn, giving beauty for ashes. - Isaiah 66:13 – As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
God says he will comfort his people as a mother comforts her child. - Jeremiah 8:18 – When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
The prophet says that when he tries to comfort himself against sorrow, his heart is faint within him. - Jeremiah 31:13 – Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
God promises to turn mourning into joy and give comfort and gladness for sorrow. - Lamentations 1:16 – For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed.
Jerusalem weeps and finds no comforter near, giving voice to a city's loneliness. - Lamentations 3:21-23 – This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
The poet remembers his affliction, then recalls God's steadfast love, which is new every morning. - Lamentations 3:31-33 – For the Lord will not cast off for ever: But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
The writer says the Lord does not reject forever and does not willingly afflict anyone. - Ezekiel 24:16-18 – Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
Ezekiel's wife dies suddenly, and he is told to mourn quietly, a sign to the exiles. - Hosea 6:1 – Come, and let us return unto the LORD : for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
A call to return to God, who has torn and will heal, and who strikes and will bind up. - Joel 2:12-13 – Therefore also now, saith the LORD , turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
God invites his people to return with weeping and mourning, since he is gracious and compassionate. - Matthew 2:18 – In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Matthew recalls Rachel weeping for her children, using Jeremiah's words for the grief of Bethlehem's mothers. - Matthew 5:4 – Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
In the Beatitudes, Jesus says that those who mourn are blessed and will be comforted. - Matthew 11:28 – Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Jesus invites those who are weary and heavy laden to come to him for rest. - Matthew 14:12-13 – And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus. When Jesus heard of it , he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof , they followed him on foot out of the cities.
After John the Baptist's death, his disciples tell Jesus, who withdraws to a quiet place. - Matthew 26:38 – Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
In Gethsemane, Jesus tells his friends his soul is deeply grieved, and he asks them to stay with him. - Luke 7:13 – And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
Seeing a widow carrying her only son's coffin, Jesus feels compassion and tells her not to weep. - Luke 22:44 – And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
In agony before his arrest, Jesus prays so earnestly that his sweat is like drops of blood. - John 11:33-35 – When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept.
Jesus is deeply moved at Lazarus' tomb, and the shortest verse in many Bibles says he wept. - John 14:1-3 – Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so , I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Before his death Jesus tells his disciples not to be troubled and speaks of preparing a place for them. - John 14:18 – I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Jesus promises not to leave his followers as orphans, but to come to them. - John 16:20-22 – Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
Jesus tells his disciples that their sorrow will turn into joy, comparing it to a mother after childbirth. - John 20:14-16 – And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
Mary Magdalene weeps at the empty tomb and is called by name by the risen Jesus. - Acts 8:2 – And devout men carried Stephen to his burial , and made great lamentation over him.
Devout men bury Stephen after his stoning and mourn deeply, showing grief openly in the early church. - Acts 20:37-38 – And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him, Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.
The Ephesian elders weep and embrace Paul, sad that they will not see him again. - Romans 8:18 – For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Paul says present suffering cannot be compared with the glory that will be revealed. - Romans 8:38-39 – For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Paul lists hardships and death itself and says none can separate believers from God's love. - Romans 12:15 – Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
Paul asks believers to rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. - 1 Corinthians 15:54-55 – So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
Paul quotes the prophets in declaring that death will be swallowed up in victory. - 2 Corinthians 1:3-5 – Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
God is called the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us so that we may comfort others. - 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 – We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
Paul says believers are pressed hard but not crushed, perplexed but not driven to despair. - 2 Corinthians 7:6 – Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
Paul says God, who comforts the downcast, comforted him through the arrival of Titus. - Philippians 2:27 – For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
Paul says God showed mercy to him by sparing Epaphroditus, so that he would not have sorrow upon sorrow. - 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 – But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
Paul tells believers that they may grieve, but not as those who have no hope. - 1 Thessalonians 4:18 – Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Paul closes his teaching on death by urging believers to encourage one another with these words. - 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 – Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
Paul prays that God, who gave eternal comfort and good hope, will comfort and strengthen their hearts. - Hebrews 4:15-16 – For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Jesus is said to sympathize with human weakness, so we may come to him for mercy and help. - Hebrews 13:5-6 – Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
God promises never to leave or forsake us, so we can face the future with confidence. - James 1:27 – Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Pure religion includes caring for orphans and widows in their distress. - 1 Peter 1:3-4 – Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Peter praises God for a living hope that cannot fade, kept in heaven for believers. - 1 Peter 5:10 – But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you .
After a little suffering, God himself will restore, support, and strengthen his people. - Revelation 7:16-17 – They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Saints in heaven will no longer hunger or thirst, and God will wipe away every tear. - Revelation 21:3-4 – And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. 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.
God will live among his people, wiping every tear away and ending death, mourning, and pain. - Psalm 18:6 – In my distress I called upon the LORD , and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
In distress the psalmist called to God, and his cry reached God's ears. - Psalm 10:17 – LORD , thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
God is said to hear the desire of the humble and to prepare their heart. - Psalm 55:22 – Cast thy burden upon the LORD , and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
David urges handing burdens to the Lord, who will sustain the righteous. - Psalm 62:1-2 – Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
The psalmist says his soul waits quietly for God alone, who is his rock and salvation. - Psalm 145:18 – The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
The Lord is near to all who call on him in truth. - Isaiah 49:15-16 – Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
God says a mother may forget her nursing child, but he will not forget his people. - Isaiah 63:9 – In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
In all their affliction, God was afflicted too, and he carried his people through the days of old.
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