GRIEF

If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, O Lord, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.
2 Chronicles 20:9

If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death comes also through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
1 Corinthians 15:19 – 22

I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed – in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death is your sting?”
1 Corinthians 15:51 – 55

Just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
2 Corinthians 1:5

Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
2 Corinthians 5:1

We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:8

Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt. Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.
Daniel 12:2 – 3

Since the children have flesh and blood, Christ too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death – that is, the devil – and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
Hebrews 2:14 – 15

We who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.
Hebrews 6:18 – 19

He will swallow up death forever. The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces.
Isaiah 25:8

Everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
Isaiah 35:10

Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.
Isaiah 57:2

I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.
Jeremiah 31:13

This is what the lord says: “Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears…there is hope for your future,” declares the Lord.
Jeremiah 31:16 - 17

Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

John 4:13 - 14

Jesus said, “You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.”
John 16:20

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.  In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

John 16:33

Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”
Luke 23:43

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Matthew 5:4

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
Philippians 4:4 - 5

To the Lord I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill. I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me.
Psalm 3:4 – 5

For thou wilt light my candle:  the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

Psalm 18:28

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Psalm 23:4

Hear, O Lord, and be merciful to me; O Lord, be my help.
Psalm 30:10

Into your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O Lord, the God of truth.
Psalm 31:5

Let everyone who is godly pray to you while you may be found; surely when the mighty waters rise, they will not reach him. You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.
Psalm 32:6 – 7

I cried out to the Lord in my suffering, and he heard me.  He set me free from all my fears.

Psalm 34:6

I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God.
Psalm 40:1 - 3

You guide me with your counsel. And afterward you will take me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:24 - 26

Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Psalm 116:15

Those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy. He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him.
Psalm 126:5 - 6

I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the lord from now on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them.”
Revelation 14:13

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
Revelation 21:3 - 4

If Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
Romans 8:10 – 11

For none of us lives to himself alone and none of us dies to himself alone. If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
Romans 14:7 - 8

In my distress I called to the Lord; I called out to my God. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came to his ears.
2 Samuel 22:7

We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him. According to the Lord’s own word, we tell you that we who are still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words.
1 Thessalonians 4:14 – 18

He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with him.
1 Thessalonians 5:10

Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day – and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
2 Timothy 4:8

 

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