19 Bible Verses for the Death of a Loved One and Grieving the Loss

The Bible allows grief for someone who has died, and it gives the grief a hope to rest on. Paul told the church in Thessalonica not to grieve “as others do who have no hope” (1 Thessalonians 4:13). He did not tell them to stop grieving. Jesus wept at the grave of his friend Lazarus, and the psalms speak of God as close to the brokenhearted. The nineteen verses below cover permission to grieve, where God is said to be,…