Bible Verses about 'Grief'
| For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. | For in much wisdom is much vexation, and those who increase knowledge increase sorrow. |
| A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. | A wise child makes a glad father, but a foolish child is a mother's grief. |
| 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. | He was despised and rejected by others; a man of suffering and acquainted with infirmity; and as one from whom others hide their faces he was despised, and we held him of no account. |
| For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. | For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation and brings no regret, but worldly grief produces death. |
| Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. | Surely he has borne our infirmities and carried our diseases; yet we accounted him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. |
| The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. | The wise of heart will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin. |
| Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. | Banish anxiety from your mind, and put away pain from your body; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity. |
| And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. | Rend your hearts and not your clothing. Return to the Lord, your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and relents from punishing. |
| Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. | Then Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell on the ground and worshiped. He said, “Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” |
| For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. | For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains. |
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