Today we will be dealing with 20 Comforting Bible Verses to Pray in Times of Grief. Finding comfort in the time of grief can be a very difficult thing. Sometimes, it appears like the world is crumbling beneath of your feet and there is nothing that can be done to salvage the situation. However, turning to the Bible and praying can provide solace and strength. The Bible is full of verses that offer hope, comfort, and reassurance during times of loss. Here are 20 comforting Bible verses that you can pray in time of grief.
The first verse is Psalm 34:18, which says, “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” This is a proof that even in your darkest moments, God is still with you. The Lord is close to you in your darkest moment and He’s ready to save you from that pain.
Another comforting verse is Matthew 5:4, which says, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” This scripture offers an assurance that even though you are mourning, you will be comforted. The scripture described the Holy Spirit as the comforter. When the spirit of God come upon you, it will comfort you, take away your pain and grant you peace beyond human comprehension.
1. Psalm 147:3
“He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.”
2. Psalm 30:5
“Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning.”
3. Psalm 34:18
“The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he rescues those whose spirits are crushed.”
4. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
“For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to harvest. A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build up. A time to cry and a time to laugh. A time to grieve and a time to dance.”
5. Isaiah 40:28-31
Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted; but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.
6. Colossians 2:1-20
For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
7. Hebrews 4:14-15
Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
8. Romans 8:18
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
9. John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
10. James 4:14
Yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.
11. Matthew 16:25
For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
12. Psalm 23:6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
13. John 5:24
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
14. John 12:25
Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
15 .Psalm 30:5
For his anger is but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.
16. John 14:16
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
17. Revelation 2:10
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
18. Philippians 4:19
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
19. Psalm 55:22
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
20. Habakkuk 3:19
God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places. To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments.
