Losing A Loved One

and he shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first things are passed away.

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

Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

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

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.

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 fearful. — read the full passage →

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

Precious in the sight of Jehovah Is the death of his saints.

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

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

I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:

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

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;

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

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

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.

I thank my God upon all my remembrance of you,

For his anger is but for a moment; His favor is for a life-time: Weeping may tarry for the night, But joy cometh in the morning.

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 fearful.

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

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

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

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

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

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope.

And I heard a voice from heaven saying, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.

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 →

who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. — read the full passage →

My flesh and my heart faileth; ButGod is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.

But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. — read the full passage →

Brethren, I count not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do, forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

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

Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Being therefore always of good courage, and knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord — read the full passage →

And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Jesus wept.

This is my comfort in my affliction; For thy word hath quickened me.

Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice, — read the full passage →

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

we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

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

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

but as it is written, Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not, Andwhichentered not into the heart of man, Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

Jehovah redeemeth the soul of his servants; And none of them that take refuge in him shall be condemned.

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

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

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

A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

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

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 →

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

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

but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

Cast thy burden upon Jehovah, and he will sustain thee: He will never suffer the righteous to be moved.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as man can bear: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to endure it.

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

Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.

because if thou shalt confess with thy mouth Jesus as Lord, and shalt believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved:

The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.

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

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

Rejoice with them that rejoice; weep with them that weep.

Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. — read the full passage →

One thing have I asked of Jehovah, that will I seek after: That I may dwell in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of Jehovah, And to inquire in his temple. — read the full passage →

and God both raised the Lord, and will raise up us through his power.

Be subject therefore unto God; but resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. — read the full passage →

And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.

Blessedbethe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy begat us again unto a living hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, — read the full passage →

Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed, A high tower in times of trouble;

But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

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

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

God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. — 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 →

I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.

Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into manifold temptations; — read the full passage →

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

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

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.

A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. — read the full passage →

For God appointed us not unto wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

God is unto us a God of deliverances; And unto Jehovah the Lord belongeth escape from death.

And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

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

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.