Grieving

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

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.”

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

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

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

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

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.

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

You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren’t they in your book?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

Jesus wept.

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

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.

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

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.

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

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

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.

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.

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

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

Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

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 →

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 →

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 →

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

Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted. — read the full passage →

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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

But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” — read the full passage →

Jesus said to him, “Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise.”

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

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

Then he said to them, “Go your way. Eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Don’t be grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.”

Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.

The last enemy that will be abolished is death.

He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.

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.

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

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief. — read the full passage →

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

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.”

For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

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

For the mountains may depart, and the hills be removed; but my loving kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall my covenant of peace be removed,” says Yahweh who has mercy on you.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.

Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.

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.”

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 →

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,

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

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

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.”

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

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

Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me.

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 →

The ransomed of Yahweh shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the sea is no more. — read the full passage →

Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

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

You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

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

Please let your loving kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant.

I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →

Finally then, brothers, we beg and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you abound more and more. — read the full passage →

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens. — read the full passage →

A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.”

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

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

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

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.

I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,—

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

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

Yahweh, your God, is in your midst, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

My soul is weary with sorrow: strengthen me according to your word.

But I will sing of your strength. Yes, I will sing aloud of your loving kindness in the morning. For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress.

But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

but I would strengthen you with my mouth. The solace of my lips would relieve you.

Unless your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

I tell the truth in Christ. I am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

Yahweh appeared of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you.

Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.