Grief is a natural and often overwhelming response to loss. It can be caused by losing a loved one, a job, a relationship, or even a dream. It can be challenging to find peace and comfort during this time, but the Bible offers many verses that can provide solace and strength.
This article will explore 100 consoling Bible verses about grief to help guide you through this difficult time. Whether you seek comfort, guidance, or hope, these verses can offer strength and peace. They remind us that we are not alone in our pain and that God is always with us.
100 Consoling Bible Verses About Grief
The last enemy to be destroyed is death. 1 Corinthians 15:26 ESV
Give all your worries to Him, because He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7 ICB
But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. 2 Thessalonians 3:3 NASB
The Lord your God will go with you. He will not leave you or forget you. Deuteronomy 31:6 ICB
The Lord is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed. Deuteronomy 31:8 NASB
He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the pupil of His eye. Deuteronomy 32:10 NASB
We can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can anyone do to me?” Hebrews 13:6 NRSV
In quietness and confidence shall be your strength. Isaiah 30:15 NKJV
He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Isaiah 40:29 NIV
Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10 NASB
For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you. Isaiah 54:10
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners. Isaiah 61:1 NIV
I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. Jeremiah 31:3 NIV
You will feel safe because there is hope. Job 11:18 ICB
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled. John 11:33 NASB
Jesus wept. John 11:35 NIV
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16 NKJV
You came near when I called on you; you said, ‘Do not fear! ’Lamentations 3:57 ESV
You have taken up my cause, O Lord; you have redeemed my life. Lamentations 3:58 ESV
He has sent Me [Jesus] to heal the brokenhearted. Luke 4:18 NKJV
Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. Luke 6:21 NRSV
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Matthew 5:4 ESV
Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength. Nehemiah 8:10 NKJV
I love the Lord, because He hears My voice and my supplications. Psalm 116:1 NASB
Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105 NKJV
You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word. Psalm 119:114 ESV
This is my comfort in my affliction, That Your word has revived me. Psalm 119:50 NASB
Let your steadfast love comfort me according to your promise to your servant. Psalm 119:76 ESV
The Lord shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. Psalm 121:7 NKJV
The Lord is gracious and full of compassion. Psalm 145:8 NKJV
He heals the brokenhearted. He bandages their wounds. Psalm 147:3 ICB
The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:2 NIV
My God turns my darkness into light. Psalm 18:28 NIV
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23:4 NIV
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27:1 ESV
I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13 NIV
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted. He saves those whose spirits have been crushed. Psalm 34:18 NRSV
But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; He is their strength in the time of trouble. Psalm 37:39 NKJV
God is our protection and our strength. He always helps in times of trouble. Psalm 46:1 ICB
You have recorded my troubles. You have kept a list of my tears. Aren’t they in your records? Psalm 56:8 ESV
On the day I call for help, my enemies will be defeated. I know that God is on my side. Psalm 56:9 ICB
You are my protection, my place of safety in times of trouble. Psalm 59:16 ICB
From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Psalm 61:2 NKJV
My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him. Psalm 62:5 NASB
Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. Psalm 73:23 NIV
My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26 NKJV
Give me a sign of your goodness, that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, for you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me. Psalm 86:17 NIV
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death, sadness, crying, or pain. All the old ways are gone. Revelation 21:4 ICB
Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 ESV
The Lord your God in your midst, The Mighty One, will save; He will rejoice over you with gladness, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing. Zephaniah 3:17 NKJV
Romans 8:18 I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
John 16:22 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 14:1 Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me.
Lamentations 3:31-32 For no one is cast off by the Lord forever. Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love.
Psalm 102:17 He will respond to the prayer of the destitute; he will not despise their plea.
Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove his people’s disgrace from all the earth. The LORD has spoken.
Psalm 31:9 Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief.
John 16:20 Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
Psalm 119:50 My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life.
Bible Verses About Death of a Loved One
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 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. 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.
John 11:25-26 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
1 Thessalonians 4:17 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.
Job 14:14 If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.
Ecclesiastes 12:7 And the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
Romans 14:8 If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
Luke 23:43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
Romans 6:5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we will certainly also be united with him in a resurrection like his.
Isaiah 57:2 Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Ecclesiastes 7:1 A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth.
1 Corinthians 15:51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed.
Ezekiel 18:32 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!
Bible Verses For Courage In Times Of Grief
Philippians 4:13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Joshua 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go.
Psalm 27:1 The LORD is my light and my salvation–whom shall I fear? The LORD is my stronghold of my life–of whom shall I be afraid?
Isaiah 33:2 LORD be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress.
Nehemiah 8:10 Nehemiah said, “Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Isaiah 40:29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.
1 Chronicles 16:11 Look to the LORD and his strength; seek his face always.
Bible Verses To Help You Recover From Grief
Isaiah 41:10 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.
Psalm 35:10 My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, Lord? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them.”
Jeremiah 17:14 Heal me, LORD, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise.
Psalm 34:18 The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Revelation 21:4 He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
Psalm 100:5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
Matthew 19:14 Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Bible Verses About Peace And Mourning
John 14:27 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.
Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Isaiah 40:1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
Psalm 29:11 The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace.
1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.
John 16:33 I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.
Isaiah 57:18-19 “I have seen their ways, but I will heal them; I will guide them and restore comfort to Israel’s mourners, creating praise on their lips. Peace, peace, to those far and near,” says the LORD. “And I will heal them.”
Psalm 4:8 In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety.
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