Bible Verses For
Bible Verses for the Anniversary of a Loss
Some dates carry grief in them: the day you lost someone you love. The ache can return as fresh as the first year. These verses are for the anniversary of a loss, to sit with you in the sorrow and remind you of the hope that outlasts the grave.
What God says over the anniversary of a loss
“The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”
The Lord is near the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.”
God shall wipe away every tear; death and sorrow shall be no more.
“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.”
The God of all comfort comforts us in all our tribulation.
“But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.”
We do not grieve as those who have no hope.
“For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?”
Jesus is the resurrection and the life; the believer shall live.
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
Even in the valley of the shadow, You are with me.
“To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.”
He gives beauty for ashes and the oil of joy for mourning.
Where this all leads
Grief that returns on a date is love that has not forgotten, and that is not weakness; it is human, and God meets you in it. Jesus wept too. He does not rush your sorrow, and He holds the one you miss. Because He rose, the goodbye is not forever for those who are in Christ. Weeping endures for a night, but with Him, joy comes in the morning.
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A prayer for the anniversary of a loss
Lord, today the loss feels close again, and my heart aches. Sit with me in the grief and comfort me. Thank You that You hold the one I miss and that death is not the end. Turn my mourning into hope, and hold me until the day You wipe every tear. In Jesus name, amen.
You were never meant to walk this alone
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- What is a good Bible verse for the anniversary of a death?
- Psalm 34:18, Revelation 21:4, and Psalm 30:5 ('weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning') comfort on a grief anniversary.
- Is it okay to still grieve years later?
- Yes. Grief has no timetable, and Scripture honors mourning while offering comfort and hope (Matthew 5:4, 1 Thessalonians 4:13). God stays near the brokenhearted for as long as the ache lasts (Psalm 34:18).