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.
And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment. | Hebrews 9:27
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. | Acts 4:12
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. | Matthew 10:28
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. | Revelation 20:12
And all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain. | Revelation 13:8
And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit. | Ephesians 5:18
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. | 1 John 4:14
Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay everyone for what he has done. | Revelation 22:12
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. | 1 Thessalonians 4:13
Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. | 1 Corinthians 15:51
But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. | Romans 6:21
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. 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 5:17-18
Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. | 1 John 3:4
For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. | 1 Thessalonians 5:9
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. | 1 Corinthians 15:22
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. | Ecclesiastes 9:5
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. | John 3:16-17
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. | Ephesians 6:12
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. | 1 Peter 2:24
If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting. | 2 John 1:10
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom. | 2 Timothy 4:1
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. | Galatians 2:20
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. | 1 Corinthians 15:52
If you love me, you will keep my commandments. | John 14:15
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. | Hebrews 13:8
Lest you be wise in your own sight, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. | Romans 11:25
Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. | Galatians 5:19-21
Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. | Acts 17:11
Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body. | 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil. | Hebrews 2:14
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. | Hebrews 2:14-15
They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might. | 2 Thessalonians 1:9
The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended. This is the first resurrection. | Revelation 20:5
Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins, lest you share in her plagues. | Revelation 18:4
The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any who go down into silence. | Psalm 115:17
While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. | 1 Thessalonians 5:3
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going. | Ecclesiastes 9:10
You return man to dust and say, “Return, O children of man. | Psalm 90:3
May you always be guided to sources of comfort in the places and people you encounter on your grief journey.