Every mourner must find comfort where he or she can.  For ages mourners have found comfort, solace, support and encouragement in Scripture.  During difficult times you may want to keep this list of verses close by when grief and pain strike. May you always be guided to sources of comfort in the places and people you encounter on your grief journey.

Psalms 31:9  Oh, Lord have mercy on me in my anguish. My eyes are red from weeping;  my health is broken from sorrow.

Psalms 147:3 He heals the broken heartened, binding up their wounds.

Matthew 5:4  Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be comforted.

John 14:27   I am leaving you with a gift-peace of mind and heart! And the peace I give is not fragile like the peace the world gives. So don't be troubled or afraid.

John 14:18  No, I will not abandon you or leave you as orphans in the storm-I will come to you.

Psalm 46:1  God is our refuge and  strength, a very present help in times of trouble.

Psalms 30:5b  Weeping may endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

John 16:33  I have told you these things so that you will have peace of heart and mind, Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows, but cheer up, for I have overcome the world,

Proverbs 3:6  Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

1 Thessalonians 4:13    Brothers we don't want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep: or to grieve like the rest of men who have no hope.

2Thessalonians 2:16-17   May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting  comfort and hope which we don't deserve, comfort your hearts with all comfort, and help you in every good thing you say and do.

 Isaiah 49:13b For the Lord hath comforted His people, and will have mercy on His afflicted.

Jeremiah 31:13  I will turn their  mourning into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.

2 Corinthians1:3-4   What a wonderful God we have-He is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the source of every mercy, and the one who so wonderfully comforts and strengthens us in our hardships and trials.  And why does He doe this? So that when others are troubled, needing our sympathy and encouragement, we can pass on to them this same help and comfort God has given us.

Ecclesiastes3:1-4     To every thing there is a season, a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, a time to die, a time  to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal, a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance

Psalm 25:16-18  Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. The troubles of my heart are enlarged. bring me out of my distresses. Look upon my afflictions and my trouble, and forgive my sins.

Psalm 23:4  Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil .for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me.

John 14:1-3  Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. in My Father's house are many mansions

Psalms 22:24    For He has not despised or disdained the suffering of the afflicted one, He has not hidden His face from him   but has listened to his cry for help.

John 11:33-35   When Jesus saw her weeping ....He groaned in spirit and was troubled. "Where have you lain him?"  Jesus asked .They said unto Him, "Come  and see."  Jesus wept.

Posted by Larry M. Barber, LPC-S, CT author of the grief survival guide “Love Never Dies: Embracing Grief with Hope and Promise”  available online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Christianbook.com.

The grief survival guide is also available in Spanish as “El Amor Nunica Muere: Aceptando el Dolor con Esperanza y Promesa” on Amazon.com.

Larry is the director of GriefWorks, a free grief support program for children and their families in Dallas TX  http://grief-works.org.

FOR INFORMATION ON SCHEDULING COUNSELING SERVICES WITH LARRY BARBER  https://taylorcounselinggroup.com/larry-barber .