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Dealing With Death Of Parent

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Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Psalms 34:18

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

Revelation 21:4

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

Isaiah 41:10

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Romans 8:18

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

Psalms 147:3

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

1 Thessalonians 4:13–18

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

Revelation 14:13

I heard the voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.”

Romans 8:28

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

Psalms 23:4

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.

Psalms 23:1–6

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 1:3–4

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

John 16:22

Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

John 14:1–3

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 57:1–2

The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, no one considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil. — read the full passage →

Psalms 116:15

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

1 Corinthians 15:42–44

So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable. — read the full passage →

Psalms 73:26

My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

John 3:16–17

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

1 Thessalonians 4:13–14

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

Matthew 18:14

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

Revelation 1:1

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Matthew 19:14

But Jesus said, “Allow the little children, and don’t forbid them to come to me; for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to ones like these.”

Romans 14:8

For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

Romans 8:38–39

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

John 11:25–26

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. — read the full passage →

John 14:1–4

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 4:17–18

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; — read the full passage →

John 11:35

Jesus wept.

Psalms 48:14

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

Joshua 1:9

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

Luke 20:36

For they can’t die any more, for they are like the angels, and are children of God, being children of the resurrection.

John 3:16

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Exodus 20:12

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

2 Corinthians 5:8

We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Ephesians 6:4

You fathers, don’t provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 14:1

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

Psalms 55:22

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

2 Corinthians 4:16–18

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

Proverbs 22:6

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

Exodus 21:15

“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

Ephesians 6:1–4

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

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

Matthew 5:1–3

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 57:2

He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

Isaiah 40:11

He will feed his flock like a shepherd. He will gather the lambs in his arm, and carry them in his bosom. He will gently lead those who have their young.

2 Corinthians 5:6–8

Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord; — read the full passage →

2 Corinthians 1:4

who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

1 Corinthians 15:55

“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”

2 Samuel 12:23

But now he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.”

John 11:1–57

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

Lamentations 3:31–33

For the Lord will not cast off forever. — read the full passage →

Ecclesiastes 7:1

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

1 John 3:2

Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.

1 Corinthians 15:22

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

Isaiah 25:8

He has swallowed up death forever! The Lord Yahweh will wipe away tears from off all faces. He will take the reproach of his people away from off all the earth, for Yahweh has spoken it.

Genesis 24:67

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

1 Corinthians 15:26

The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

Matthew 11:28–30

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. — read the full passage →

Lamentations 3:31–32

For the Lord will not cast off forever. — read the full passage →

Isaiah 40:31

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Proverbs 20:20

Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

Psalms 30:5

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

Deuteronomy 21:18–21

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them; — read the full passage →

1 Thessalonians 4:13

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

John 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.

Psalms 18:2

Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

Revelation 12:11

They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.

Psalms 127:3

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

Psalms 46:1–2

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

John 10:27–29

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

Luke 18:15–17

They were also bringing their babies to him, that he might touch them. But when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. — read the full passage →

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

Psalms 127:3–5

Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward. — read the full passage →

Psalms 27:4–5

One thing I have asked of Yahweh, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in Yahweh’s house all the days of my life, to see Yahweh’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple. — read the full passage →

1 Samuel 1:27–28

For this child I prayed; and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him. — read the full passage →

1 Peter 1:3–9

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, — read the full passage →

1 Corinthians 15:52–57

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed. — read the full passage →

Ecclesiastes 3:1–2

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

Deuteronomy 27:16

‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Romans 5:1–21

Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ; — read the full passage →

1 Thessalonians 4:13–17

But we don’t want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don’t grieve like the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

John 16:33

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

Matthew 18:1–4

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” — read the full passage →

Colossians 3:21

Fathers, don’t provoke your children, so that they won’t be discouraged.

Ephesians 6:1–3

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

Proverbs 10:1

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.

Deuteronomy 31:8

Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”

2 Corinthians 1:3–5

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

Psalms 68:20

God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.

Philippians 1:21

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

John 14:3

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.

Psalms 119:50

This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.

Hosea 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

Proverbs 1:8–9

My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: — read the full passage →

Psalms 103:13

Like a father has compassion on his children, so Yahweh has compassion on those who fear him.

Romans 12:15

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

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