Quotes about Mourning
So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
— Genesis 35:19
You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
— Malachi 3:14
And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.
— Numbers 14:39
“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”
— Jeremiah 16:4
Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
— Joel 1:13
Those who mourn sense the rupture of a world severed from God and thus edge closer to the Father who promises to make all things new.
— Philip Yancey
When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s court, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please tell Pharaoh that
— Genesis 50:4
And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the prophet.
— 1 Kings 14:18
Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt—
— Genesis 50:7
Then David took hold of his own clothes and tore them, and all the men who were with him did the same.
— 2 Samuel 1:11
Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
— Jeremiah 9:1
To live is to betray the dead. We hasten to bury and forget them because we are ashamed; we feel guilty towards them.
— Elie Wiesel