Bible verses about sorrow and suffering

The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

Job 1:21bMourning

I waited for good, and evil came; I hoped for light, and darkness came.

Job 30:26

I am so weary of sighing; I water my bed all night with my tears and soak my couch with my weeping.

Psalm 6:7HeartbreakPsalms

LORD, how long will you hide your face from me? How long shall I be troubled in my soul and afraid in my heart day by day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?

Psalm 13:2-3

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? I cry out, but my help is far away.

Psalm 22:2Good FridayPsalms

God, help me, for the waters have come up to my soul. I am sinking in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I am in deep waters, and the flood will drown me.

Psalm 69:2-3Addiction

My soul is driven from peace; I must forget good. I said, My wealth is gone, and my hope in the LORD.

Lamentations 3:17-18

I wake and am like a solitary bird on the roof.

Psalm 102:8

The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and helps those who are crushed in spirit.

Psalm 34:19Courage to LiveMourning

For as you go through the waters, I will be with you, and the rivers will not drown you; and as you go through the fire, you will not burn, and the flame will not scorch you.

Isaiah 43:2Courage to LiveFarewell

And 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 comfort me.

Psalm 23:4IllnessCourage to Live

He was despised and rejected by everyone, full of sorrow and disease. He was so despised that people hid their faces from him; therefore we held him in no regard. Truly, he bore our sickness and took upon himself our sorrows. But we considered him to be one who was afflicted and struck by God, tormented.

Isaiah 53:3-4

For in that he suffered and was tempted, he can help those who are tempted.

Hebrews 2:18Temptation

For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who was tempted in every way like us, yet without sin.

Hebrews 4:15CompassionWeakness

Blessed be God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we may comfort those who are in all kinds of troubles with the comfort by which we ourselves are comforted by God.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4MourningComforter

Count the ways I flee; gather my tears in your jar. Surely, you count them.

Psalm 56:9God sees meHeartbreak

He who terrified them also terrified him, and the angel of his presence helped them. He delivered them because he loved them and cared for them. He took them up and carried them from their youth.

Isaiah 63:9Compassion

For I consider that the sufferings of this time are not worth the glory that is to be revealed to us.

Romans 8:18Glory

For our present troubles, which are light and momentary, are working for us an eternal glory far exceeding what we can see, and not what we can see, but what we cannot see, for what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18

But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will fully equip you, strengthen you, and establish you, who suffer for a little while.

1 Peter 5:10RefiningGrace

And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor pain, for the first things have passed away.

Revelation 21:4HopeMourning

Weeping lasts for a night, but joy comes in the morning.

Psalm 30:6bHeartbreakMorning

Those who sow in tears will reap with joy.

Psalm 126:5Harvest

Not only that, but we also glory in our troubles, because we know that troubles produce perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope; and hope does not disappoint. For the love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, which has been given to us.

Romans 5:3-5