Bible Verses About Loss of a Loved One

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

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

Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

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

But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

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

Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.

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

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell.

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow’s heart to sing for joy.

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 will lay it to his heart.

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.

They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death.

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercies.

And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband.