The word in Scripture

Mourning in the Bible

The word mourning appears 51 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Mourning is the honest lament of loss. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What mourning means in the Bible

Mourning is the honest lament of loss.

Where the word mourning appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word mourning appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.”Genesis 50:11

“Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;”Psalms 30:11

“I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”Psalms 42:9

“And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:”Isaiah 22:12

“Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.”Isaiah 51:11

“In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.”Matthew 2:18

“Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.”James 4:9

“Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.”Revelation 18:8