Dealing With Death Of Parent

Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. — read the full passage →

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. — read the full passage →

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. — read the full passage →

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: — read the full passage →

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. — read the full passage →

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. — read the full passage →

Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, — read the full passage →

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: — read the full passage →

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. — read the full passage →

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; — read the full passage →

Jesus wept.

For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.

Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: — read the full passage →

He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: — read the full passage →

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. — read the full passage →

For the Lord will not cast off for ever: — read the full passage →

A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

For the Lord will not cast off for ever: — read the full passage →

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: — read the full passage →

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. — read the full passage →

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: — read the full passage →

And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. — read the full passage →

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple. — read the full passage →

For this child I prayed; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him: — read the full passage →

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, — read the full passage →

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. — read the full passage →

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: — read the full passage →

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. — read the full passage →

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? — read the full passage →

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. — read the full passage →

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.

For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: — read the full passage →

Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.