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Bible Verses About Mourning
Find Bible verses about mourning — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about mourning?
The Bible addresses mourning with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Amos 8:10
“I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.”
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Lamentations 5:15
“The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.”
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Ezekiel 27:31
“and they shall make themselves bald for you, and clothe them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you in bitterness of soul with bitter mourning.”
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Zechariah 12:11
“In that day there will be a great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.”
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Daniel 10:2
“In those days I, Daniel, was mourning three whole weeks.”
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Isaiah 61:3
“to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousne...”
Revelation 21:4
“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."”
Jeremiah 31:13
“Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.”
Psalms 30:11
“You have turned my mourning into dancing for me. You have removed my sackcloth, and clothed me with gladness,”
Matthew 5:4
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
Matthew 2:18
“"A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; she wouldn't be comforted, because they are no more."”
Isaiah 22:12
“In that day, the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, called to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to dressing in sackcloth:”
2 Samuel 15:30
“David went up by the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went up; and he had his head covered, and went barefoot: and all the people who were with him covered every man his head, and they we...”
Ezekiel 7:16
“But those of those who escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity.”
Ecclesiastes 7:2
“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 should take this to heart.”
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Genesis 37:35 — “All his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. He said, ...”
Psalms 78:64 — “Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn't weep....”
2 Samuel 1:19 — “"Your glory, Israel, is slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!...”
Job 30:31 — “Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep....”
Isaiah 60:20 — “Your sun shall no more go down, neither shall your moon withdraw itself; for Yahweh will be your eve...”
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