Bible Verses for grief

When you are mourning.

Open a passage to read its reflection and prayer. In the app, Take a Break picks one of these at random each time you open it.

1. 1. Isaiah 40:1

   Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.

   Reflection and prayer

   God comforts me in my sorrow

   Insight God commands comfort for His people after judgment ends.

   Prayer Comfort me, Lord, in my sorrow.

2. 2. Psalms 16:6

   The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

   Reflection and prayer

   My inheritance is beautiful to me

   Insight I see the boundaries God has drawn for me as a delightful gift.

   Prayer Help me see Your boundaries as gifts.

3. 3. Psalms 30:5

   For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

   Reflection and prayer

   My sorrow ends in God's joy.

   Insight My sorrow is temporary, and God's joy is on the way.

   Prayer Lord, anchor my heart in the joy You promise.

4. 4. Psalms 9:18

   For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

   Reflection and prayer

   I trust God's justice will come

   Insight I learn that God's justice arrives exactly when needed, not when I demand it.

   Prayer Lord, help me wait patiently for Your justice.

5. 5. 2 Corinthians 1:7

   And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

   Reflection and prayer

   I am comforted even in suffering.

   Insight When I suffer, I know God's comfort is near.

   Prayer Lord, make my hope steady in suffering.

6. 6. Job 14:7

   For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

   Reflection and prayer

   God plants hope even in decay.

   Insight I see that God's hope can bring life from what seems dead.

   Prayer Lord, remind me that hope can sprout again.

7. 7. Matthew 5:4

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

   Reflection and prayer

   God meets me in my deepest sorrow

   Insight Mourning without God leads to despair, but with Him comes comfort.

   Prayer Lord, draw near with Your comfort in my mourning.

8. 8. Job 11:17

   And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

   Reflection and prayer

   My soul awaits the dawn

   Insight I trust that light is coming for my darkness.

   Prayer Lord, lead me into Your morning light.

9. 9. 1 Thessalonians 4:13

   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.

   Reflection and prayer

   I grieve, but with hope.

   Insight Even in sorrow, I hold onto the hope of resurrection.

   Prayer Anchor my heart in resurrection hope.

10. 10. Job 8:7

    Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

    Reflection and prayer

    My small beginnings promise great harvest.

    Insight I can trust that even this tiny start holds seeds of something much bigger.

    Prayer Lord, grow my small beginning into Your glory.