Bible Verses About Grief

Genesis 23:2

“Sarah died in Kiriath Arba (also called Hebron), in the land of Canaan. Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.”

Genesis 27:41

“Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him. Esau said in his heart, “The days of mourning for my father are at hand. Then I will kill my brother Jacob.””

Genesis 37:34

“Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.”

Genesis 37:35

“All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, “For I will go down to Sheol to my son mourning.” His father wept for him.”

Genesis 50:3

“Forty days were fulfilled for him, for that is how many the days it takes to embalm. The Egyptians wept for him for seventy days.”

Genesis 50:4

“When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,”

Genesis 50:10

“They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and severe lamentation. He mourned for his father seven days.”

Genesis 50:11

“When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, “This is a grievous mourning by the Egyptians.” Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.”

Exodus 33:4

“When the people heard this evil news, they mourned: and no one put on his jewelry.”

Numbers 14:39

“Moses told these words to all the children of Israel, and the people mourned greatly.”

Numbers 20:29

“When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.”

Deuteronomy 26:14

“I have not eaten of it in my mourning, neither have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor given of it for the dead. I have listened to Yahweh my God’s voice. I have done according to all that you have commanded me.”

Deuteronomy 34:8

“The children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the days of weeping in the mourning for Moses were ended.”

Judges 11:38

“He said, “Go.” He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.”

1 Samuel 6:19

“He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into Yahweh’s ark, he struck fifty thousand seventy of the men. Then the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.”

1 Samuel 15:35

“Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and Yahweh grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.”

1 Samuel 16:1

“Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.””

1 Samuel 25:1

“Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and mourned for him, and buried him at his house at Ramah. Then David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.”

1 Samuel 28:3

“Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had put away those who had familiar spirits the wizards, out of the land.”

2 Samuel 1:12

“They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.”