TopicLife CircumstancesBoth Testaments
mourning
Scripture speaks directly to mourning, offering comfort, wisdom, and the assurance of God's presence.
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Verse Refs
23
Books
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Sub-Topics
Overview
What does the Bible say about mourning? Browse 12 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
Topical Index
35 sub-topics from Nave's Topical Bible
For the dead
Head uncovered
Leviticus 10:6Leviticus 21:10
Lying on the ground
2 Samuel 12:16
Personal appearance neglected
2 Samuel 14:2
Cutting the flesh
Leviticus 19:28Leviticus 21:1-5Deuteronomy 14:1Jeremiah 16:6,7Jeremiah 41:5
Lamentations
Genesis 50:10Exodus 12:301 Samuel 30:4Jeremiah 22:18Matthew 2:17,18
Fasting
1 Samuel 31:132 Samuel 1:122 Samuel 3:35
Priests prohibited, except for the nearest of kin
Leviticus 21:1-11
For Nadab and Abihu forbidden
Leviticus 10:6
Sexes separated in
Zechariah 12:12,14
Hired mourners
2 Chronicles 35:25Ecclesiastes 12:5Jeremiah 9:17Matthew 9:23
Abraham mourned for Sarah
Genesis 23:2
The Egyptians mourned for Jacob for seventy days
Genesis 50:1-3
The Israelites mourned for Aaron for thirty days
Numbers 20:29
David's lamentations over
The death of Saul and his sons
2 Samuel 1:17-27
The death of Abner
2 Samuel 3:33,34
The death of Absalom
2 Samuel 18:33
Jeremiah and the singing men and singing women lament for Josiah
2 Chronicles 35:25
For calamities and other sorrows
Ripping the garments
Genesis 37:29,34Genesis 44:13Numbers 14:6Judges 11:352 Samuel 1:2,112 Samuel 3:31+15 more
Wearing mourning clothes
Genesis 38:142 Samuel 14:2
Cutting or plucking off the hair and beard
Ezra 9:3Jeremiah 7:29
Covering
The head and the face
2 Samuel 15:302 Samuel 19:4Esther 6:12Jeremiah 14:3,4
... and 10 more sub-topics
Key Verses
1
Leviticus 10:6
Head uncovered
2
2 Samuel 12:16
Lying on the ground
3
2 Samuel 14:2
Personal appearance neglected
4
Leviticus 19:28
Cutting the flesh
5
Genesis 50:10
Lamentations
6
1 Samuel 31:13
Fasting
7
Leviticus 21:1-11
Priests prohibited, except for the nearest of kin
8
Leviticus 10:6
For Nadab and Abihu forbidden
9
Zechariah 12:12,14
Sexes separated in
10
2 Chronicles 35:25
Hired mourners