Bible ReaderBible verses about comfort and grief
Comfort for those who mourn
These are the verses most often read at times of loss. They speak of God's nearness to the broken-hearted and of the hope of the end of tears.
The verses
Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
He will wipe away 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 be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 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.
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
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