20 Bible Verses about

Dealing with Grief

Luke 16:8 BSB

The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the sons of this age are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the sons of light.

Psalm 6:7 BSB

My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.

Proverbs 29:21 BSB

A servant pampered from his youth will bring grief in the end.

Proverbs 10:10 BSB

He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

Proverbs 17:21 BSB

A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.

Proverbs 17:25 BSB

A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

Psalm 88:9 BSB

My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.

Psalm 35:14 BSB

I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.

John 16:20 BSB

Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.

Psalm 31:10 BSB

For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

Isaiah 53:3 BSB

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.