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Want to know what the Bible says about Mourning? Here are 182 Bible verses about Mourning from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Hosea 9:4 NIV
They will not pour out wine offerings to the Lord,
    nor will their sacrifices please him.
Such sacrifices will be to them like the bread of mourners;
    all who eat them will be unclean.
This food will be for themselves;
    it will not come into the temple of the Lord.
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John 14:16 NIV
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—
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Psalm 30:11 NIV
You turned my wailing into dancing;
    you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
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John 11:31 NIV
When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
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Job 1:19-21 NIV
19 when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!
20 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship 21 and said:
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
    and naked I will depart.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
    may the name of the Lord be praised.”
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Proverbs 15:13 NIV
A happy heart makes the face cheerful,
    but heartache crushes the spirit.
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Ecclesiastes 7:2-4 NIV
2 It is better to go to a house of mourning
    than to go to a house of feasting,
for death is the destiny of everyone;
    the living should take this to heart.
3 Frustration is better than laughter,
    because a sad face is good for the heart.
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
    but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
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Hosea 9:12 NIV
Even if they rear children,
    I will bereave them of every one.
Woe to them
    when I turn away from them!
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Matthew 2:17-18 NIV
17 Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:
18 “A voice is heard in Ramah,
    weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children
    and refusing to be comforted,
    because they are no more.”
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Genesis 50:10 NIV
When they reached the threshing floor of Atad, near the Jordan, they lamented loudly and bitterly; and there Joseph observed a seven-day period of mourning for his father.
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