Grief
experienceSorrow, mourning, and lament — and the God who meets us in the darkness.
Not just a list of verses — a map of how ideas in Scripture connect and lead to each other.
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Reading Path
Follow this theme through Scripture — one verse per step, in theological order.
“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;”2 Corinthians 1:3 →
“Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”Philippians 4:6 →
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Anchor Scriptures 18 verses
“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”
Read in context →“The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”
Read in context →“It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.”
Read in context →“Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.”
Read in context →“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.”
Read in context →“Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.”
Read in context →“A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;”
Read in context →“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
Read in context →“Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.”
Read in context →“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.”
Read in context →“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;”
Read in context →“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.”
Read in context →“Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.”
Read in context →“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.”
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