All of us have had to go through a time of grief and sorrow, and these 14 best Bible verses about grief and sorrow show what we have in common with others who grieve.
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Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
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Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
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Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
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But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
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Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also. For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.
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Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
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Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
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Blessed are those who for they shall be comforted.
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My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
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Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
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He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
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Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
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He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.
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The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
I hope you enjoyed these 14 best Bible verses about grief and sorrow, and if you did, please share them with someone who’s experience a loss in the hopes that they might find comfort in the Word of God.