Bible on Grief

To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber.

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,

And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.

That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.

The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.

Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations:

But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,

And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.

To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.

Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.

Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken.

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD’s ministers, mourn.

That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.

Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.

Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres.

And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.

And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.

Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.

And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore;

Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: