Quotes about Loss
Then Naomi’s husband Elimelech died, and she was left with her two sons,
— Ruth 1:3
both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and without her husband.
— Ruth 1:5
I went away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why call me Naomi? After all, the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me.”
— Ruth 1:21
The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.
— 1 Samuel 4:2
And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.
— 1 Samuel 4:21
“The glory has departed from Israel,” she said, “for the ark of God has been captured.”
— 1 Samuel 4:22
When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.
— 1 Samuel 30:3
So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
— 1 Samuel 30:4
The Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons, and they killed Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.
— 1 Samuel 31:2
When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his own sword and died with him.
— 1 Samuel 31:5
So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died together that same day.
— 1 Samuel 31:6
The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
— 1 Samuel 31:8