These verses on overcoming grief show us the words of God and give us some guidance through difficult times of loss. When we are grieving, it’s important to know that God hears our heartache. He’s always listening to our prayers.
He knows what we are going through, and he is always there with us. These bible verses about overcoming grief give us the words to praise God in the midst of our struggles. When our world seems like it is falling apart, they remind us that God will make everything alright in the end.
Death is part of life and while it hurts to lose someone we love, we know that our grief is only temporary. The Bible has a lot to say about grief and how to cope with it.
Whether you have lost someone yourself or you are trying to support someone who is grieving, the words of God can help provide guidance, strength, and hope. His light holds us in the darkness and helps us find our way back to Him.
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Verses
Philippians 4:13
I can do all this through him who gives me strength.
Psalms 34:18
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
Peter 5:7
Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Psalm 139:12
Even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.
Psalm 119:50
This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
Psalm 119:28
My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word!
Corinthians 7:10
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
Ecclesiastes 1:18
For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Isaiah 53:4
Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
Psalm 56:8
You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?
James 4:7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
Psalm 9:9
The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
Ephesians 4:30
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.
Psalm 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Psalm 31:9
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.
John 14:16
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,
John 11:35
Jesus wept.
Psalm 55:22
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 116:15
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Psalms 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Jeremiah 33:3
Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.
Psalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Romans 8:18
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.
Psalm 142:2
I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him.
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Isaiah 26:3
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
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