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

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

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.”

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

Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,

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

But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and closes his heart of compassion against him, how does the love of God remain in him?

And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave 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.

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

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

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.

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

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

then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever. — read the full passage →

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

that there should be no division in the body, but that the members should have the same care for one another. — read the full passage →

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

For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.

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.

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

“As you would like people to do to you, do exactly so to them.

Therefore whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

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 →

And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.

Finally, brothers, rejoice. Be perfected, be comforted, be of the same mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you.

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

Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people. — read the full passage →

Sing, heavens; and be joyful, earth; and break out into singing, mountains: for Yahweh has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.

We love him, because he first loved us.

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.

“He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

Jesus went out, and he saw a great multitude. He had compassion on them, and healed their sick.

From the end of the earth, I will call to you, when my heart is overwhelmed. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself;

To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you.

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

He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

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

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.

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.

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

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand. — read the full passage →

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.”

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,

However you did well that you shared in my affliction.

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

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 →

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.

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

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

Didn’t I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn’t my soul grieved for the needy?

For though I am absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and seeing your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ.

I thank my God whenever I remember you,

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

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.

When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, — read the full passage →

Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” — read the full passage →

One of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered into the Pharisee’s house, and sat at the table. — read the full passage →

For he knows how we are made. He remembers that we are dust.

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.

Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,

When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,

Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.

But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled, came where he was. When he saw him, he was moved with compassion,

They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him. — read the full passage →

A second likewise is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God. — read the full passage →

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

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

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

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom. — read the full passage →

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.

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

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

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

When he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it, — read the full passage →

Soon afterwards, he went to a city called Nain. Many of his disciples, along with a great multitude, went with him. — read the full passage →

For thus says Yahweh, Don’t enter into the house of mourning, neither go to lament, neither bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says Yahweh, even loving kindness and tender mercies.

She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

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 →

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

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

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

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.