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Top 25 Bible Verses About Mourning the Loss of a Loved One (KJV)

This is a hand-curated and ranked list of 25 of the most relevant Bible verses about Mourning the Loss of a Loved One (KJV). Verses are ranked by number of votes.

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Matthew 5:4

#1
134 votes
4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Revelation 21:4

#2
130 votes
4 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.

1 Thessalonians 4:13

#3
61 votes
13 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.

John 11:25-26

#4
52 votes
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
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Isaiah 61:2-3

#6
41 votes
2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

Psalm 34:18

#7
38 votes
18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

#8
34 votes
13 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. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
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2 Corinthians 1:3-4

#10
32 votes
3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4 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.

Psalm 116:15

#11
28 votes
15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

Psalm 30:5

#12
27 votes
5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
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John 11:35

#14
26 votes
35 Jesus wept.

2 Corinthians 1:3-5

#15
26 votes
3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4 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. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

Isaiah 41:10

#16
25 votes
10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
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Romans 10:9

#18
25 votes
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Ecclesiastes 7:4

#19
25 votes
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Leviticus 19:28

#20
22 votes
28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
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1 Samuel 30:4

#22
21 votes
4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

Matthew 2:18

#23
20 votes
18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

2 Samuel 1:12

#24
19 votes
12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
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Psalm 147:3

#26
18 votes
3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

Numbers 20:29

#27
18 votes
29 And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 24:17

#28
17 votes
17 Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

Genesis 23:2

#29
16 votes
2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her.

Romans 8:18

#30
9 votes
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Psalm 73:26

#31
2 votes
26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
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