In deep grief, God’s word brings deep comfort. Psalm 119:92 says, “If your instruction hadn’t been my delight, I would have died because of my suffering.” These 52 Bible verses to grieve with hope will help you find comfort and strength as you mourn the loss of your loved one.
“Within the Scripture there is balm for every wound, a salve for every sore,” Charles Spurgeon said.
In my grief, I was desperate for hope and found it daily in God’s Word. Scripture reminds us of who God is and what he does. These Bible verses for grief became my go-to scriptures to anchor me, strengthen me and renew my hope that, despite the aching loss and sadness, life would feel good again.
Bible Verses to Grieve with Hope
1. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. (Psalm 147:3, ESV)
2. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. (Psalm 34:18, NIV)
3. You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy, that I might sing praises to you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever! (Psalm 30:11-12, NLT)
4. To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the LORD has planted for his own glory. (Isaiah 61:3, NLT)
5. This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life. (Psalm 119:50, ESV)
6. For as we share abundantly in Christ’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. (2 Corinthians 1:5, ESV)
7. For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven…a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; (Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4, ESV)
8. And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.“ (Job 1:22, ESV)
Bible Verses About Tears
9. Those who sow with tears will reap with songs of joy. Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them. (Psalm 126:5-6, NIV)
10. You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book. (Psalm 56:8, NLT)
11. I have heard your prayer and seen your tears…(2 Kings 20:5, NIV)
12. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, no crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. (Rev 21:4, ESV)
13. For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. (Psalm 30:5, ESV)
14. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. (Romans 12:15, ESV)
15. For you, LORD, have delivered me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling…(Psalm 116:8, NIV)
16. “Listen, LORD, to my prayer! My eyes are flooded with tears, as I pray to you. I am merely a stranger visiting in your home as my ancestors did. (Psalm 39:12, CEB)
You can learn more about how God created our tears to help us heal in grief here.
Bible Verses for Hope After Death
17. And now, dear brothers and sisters, we want you to know what will happen to the believers who have died so you will not grieve like people who have no hope. (1 Thessalonians 4:13, NLT)
18. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” (1 Corinthians 15:54-55, NIV)
19. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. (1 Corinthians 15:19-20, NIV)
20. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. (1 Corinthians 15:26, NIV)
21. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:8, NKJV)
22. According to the Lord’s word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. 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. (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17, ESV)
23. “But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last. And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! (Job 19:25-26, NLT)
24. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful servants. (Psalm 116:15, NIV)
25. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. (1 Peter 1:3, ESV)
26. He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken. (Isaiah 25:8, ESV)
27. For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. (1 Corinthians 13:12, NIV)
Bible Verses for Comfort in Suffering
28. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. (Psalm 46:1, ESV)
29. But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. (Micah 7:7, ESV)
30. Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22-23, NIV)
31. Therefore we do not lose heart, though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. (2 Corinthians 4:16, NIV)
32. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. (2 Corinthians 4:17, NIV)
33. So we fix our eyes on Jesus, not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, for what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal. (2 Corinthians 4:18, NIV)
34. Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. (John 14:1, NIV)
35. Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. (Psalm 73:25, NIV)
36. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (Psalm 73:26, ESV)
37. My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life. (Psalm 119:50, NIV)
38. The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. (Deuteronomy 33:27, NIV)
39. 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. (Psalm 23:4, ESV)
40. Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. (2 Corinthians 1:3-4, NIV)
41. The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him…(Nahum 1:7, NIV)
42. The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. (Psalm 9:9, ESV)
43. 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. (John 14:27, ESV)
44. When I said, “My foot is slipping,” your unfailing love, LORD, supported me. (Psalm 94:18, NIV)
45. But you, LORD, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. (Psalm 86:15, NIV)
46. I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. (Psalm 27:13, NKJV)
47. I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies. The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me. In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears. (Psalm 18:3-6, NIV)
48. He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me. (Psalm 18:16, 19, NIV)
49. Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. (Psalm 91:1, NIV)
50. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” (Psalm 91:2, NIV)
51. A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, LORD; let my cry for help come to you. Do not hide your face from me when I am in distress. Turn your ear to me; when I call, answer me quickly. (Psalm 102:1-2, NIV)
52. Turn your ear to me, come quickly to my rescue; be my rock of refuge, a strong fortress to save me. (Psalm 31:2, NIV)
Truly wonderful verses. Psalm 31:2 hit me directly. Was the verse I needed. God brought me here for a reason. My grief is large. All 3 parents, first my step mom, then my mom and then my dad all died in 12 months. My grief has been unbearable for the day after my mom died my sister all 4 decided I was not their sister anymore and did not have time for me so I have been grieving by myself. I lived in ax for 27 yrs while my sisters grew up without me I think that’s why. But I have been praying for help and his led me to this verse. It has helped alot.