Bible Verses about 'Grief'

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• A wise child brings joy to a father;
  a foolish child brings grief to a mother.
  Proverbs 10:1joyfamilywisdom
• The greater my wisdom, the greater my grief.
  To increase knowledge only increases sorrow.
  Ecclesiastes 1:18wisdomsadnessmind
• He was despised and rejected—
  a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.
  We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.
  He was despised, and we did not care.
  Isaiah 53:3sufferingJesussickness
• For the kind of sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from sin and results in salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of sorrow. But worldly sorrow, which lacks repentance, results in spiritual death.
  2 Corinthians 7:10worryingsadnessrepentance
• “Don’t tear your clothing in your grief,
  but tear your hearts instead.”
  Return to the Lord your God,
  for he is merciful and compassionate,
  slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
  He is eager to relent and not punish.
  Joel 2:13heartgracelove
• Job stood up and tore his robe in grief. Then he shaved his head and fell to the ground to worship.
  He said,
  “I came naked from my mother’s womb,
  and I will be naked when I leave.
  The Lord gave me what I had,
  and the Lord has taken it away.
  Praise the name of the Lord!”
  Job 1:20-21worshipsufferingsadness
• The wise are glad to be instructed,
  but babbling fools fall flat on their faces.
  Proverbs 10:8lawwisdomheart
• So refuse to worry, and keep your body healthy. But remember that youth, with a whole life before you, is meaningless.
  Ecclesiastes 11:10sadnessworryingheart
• Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
  it was our sorrows that weighed him down.
  And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
  a punishment for his own sins!
  Isaiah 53:4sufferingJesussickness
• For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. And some people, craving money, have wandered from the true faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
  1 Timothy 6:10moneyevilgreed