Bible Verses for Funerals and Memorial Services

“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.”

God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

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

This promise reaches past the grave into something grief can't touch..

“In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn't get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.”

Asaph, a temple worship leader, wrote this from personal crisis. God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised up." They were exceedingly sorry.”

This promise reaches past the grave into something grief can't touch..

“Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.”

David wrote this — a warrior-king who knew deep pain. God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.”

David wrote this — a warrior-king who knew deep pain. God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“Many there are who say of my soul, "There is no help for him in God." Selah.”

David wrote this — a warrior-king who knew deep pain. God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“My heart is severely pained within me. The terrors of death have fallen on me.”

David wrote this — a warrior-king who knew deep pain. God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“He said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch."”

God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.”

Spoken by Jacob. This promise reaches past the grave into something grief can't touch..

“Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me."”

God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,”

God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.”

David wrote this — a warrior-king who knew deep pain. God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, "Where is your God?"”

Spoken by Sons of Korah. God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“For the enemy pursues my soul. He has struck my life down to the ground. He has made me live in dark places, as those who have been long dead.”

David wrote this — a warrior-king who knew deep pain. God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.”

Spoken by anonymous. God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron,”

Spoken by anonymous. God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.”

David wrote this — a warrior-king who knew deep pain. God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, "Don't let me see the death of the child." She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.”

God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“Streams of tears run down my eyes, because they don't observe your law. TZADI”

David wrote this — a warrior-king who knew deep pain. God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“I behaved myself as though it had been my friend or my brother. I bowed down mourning, as one who mourns his mother.”

David wrote this — a warrior-king who knew deep pain. God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“Joseph fell on his father's face, wept on him, and kissed him.”

God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“Jesus wept.”

God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh--how long?”

David wrote this — a warrior-king who knew deep pain. God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..

“I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail, looking for my God.”

David wrote this — a warrior-king who knew deep pain. God doesn't explain suffering away. He steps into it. This verse is proof..