Bible Verses for Grief and Loss

Grief has no schedule. Scripture does not rush it — it sits with the brokenhearted and promises that God is close and that sorrow is not the last word.

Verse text shown in the King James Version.

1. Psalm 34:18

   God is near the brokenhearted

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

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2. Matthew 5:4

   Comfort for those who mourn

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

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3. Revelation 21:4

   God will wipe away every tear

   And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

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4. Psalm 147:3

   He heals the brokenhearted

   He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

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5. John 14:1-3

   Eternal hope with Christ

   Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

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