Extreme pain—terrible loss—indescribable suffering! These are just a few of the feelings and emotions felt by parents who have lost a child. Obviously, there is nothing that can alleviate that pain except for consolation from the Lord, the love of family and friends, and the passing of time.
And he went and lived in a city called Nazareth, that what was spoken by the prophets might be fulfilled: “He shall be called a Nazarene. | Matthew 2:23
And he said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them. | Luke 2:49-50
And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. | Luke 1:50
And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. | Luke 1:36
And said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. | Matthew 18:3
And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared. | Luke 1:17
And they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household. | Acts 16:31
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. | Acts 2:38
And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. | Acts 2:17
And they did not understand the saying that he spoke to them. | Luke 2:50
But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” | Matthew 19:14
But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. | Mark 10:14
Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. | Matthew 25:32
But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. | Matthew 3:15
But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. | Luke 18:16
But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life. | John 4:14
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. | Matthew 5:17
Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. | John 15:2
For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. | Matthew 5:18
For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ | Luke 23:29
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. | John 3:16
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. | Matthew 28:19-20
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. | Matthew 28:19
He dealt shrewdly with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, so that they would not be kept alive. | Acts 7:19
His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue. | John 9:22
In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. | Luke 1:5
Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli. | Luke 3:23
No more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not fill out his days, for the young man shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed. | Isaiah 65:20
Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened. | Luke 3:21
Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. | Matthew 3:2
So that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled. | Matthew 4:14
See, your house is left to you desolate. | Matthew 23:38
Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah. | Matthew 2:17
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits. | Matthew 21:43
Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age. | Matthew 28:20
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers, and throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. | Matthew 13:41-42
The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all causes of sin and all law-breakers. | Matthew 13:41
This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world.” | Matthew 13:35
This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah. | Matthew 12:17
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. | Mark 16:16
God’s word is one of the tools that he uses, though, to comfort us during times of terrible grief and mourning. Here are 40 comforting Bible verses for those who have lost a child.