Encouraging Scriptures for a Sad Mom
A mother’s love is the most selfless, purest form of affection in this world. It’s a mom’s God given nature to love unconditionally. That’s why bible verses to comfort a grieving mother is the most appropriate source of reassurance in a time of sorrow.
No other human being could really understand what a mother feels. Yes, other persons may have had similar experiences but what I’ve learnt over the years is that the concept of family doesn’t mean the same to everyone.
Even though everyone has a family, everyone has different family values and expectations when it comes to family relationships. That’s why the extent of a mother’s emotional distress would vary from person to person. I won’t ever pretend to fully understand what a grieving mom is going through.
The good news is: God understands! He will mend your broken heart and guide you out of this difficult time!
God is the provider of our every need! He is our consoler in our times of grief. Lean on God and His words of comfort! His unfailing love can pull us out of the darkest valley. In our darkest times, His word brings peace.
The amazing thing about reading the bible is that it has exactly what you need to receive at whatever point in your life.
When you read God’s word with devotion, intent and an attitude of prayerfulness, you’d be touched in your heart with the perfect message from God. Whatever you need, you’d find it in God’s word!
To simplify things, I’ve compiled a collection of bible verses, that are sure to guide, inspire, educate and comfort any grieving mother. Just bow your heart to God, meditate on the scriptures one by one, and let God take care of the rest.
What to Say to a Grieving Mother?
Dear mom, I am sorry! I cannot begin to fathom the extent of your heartbreak. However, even though I cannot fully understand your present sufferings, God does! I urge you to trust in God, trust in His plan and lean on His promises in your time of grief. Hard times are no match for our God’s love!
Thoughts may be cloudy and your momentary troubles may not make too much sense. There are many questions that you have and a million things you wish were different. However, we cannot change the past. We can only put our present and future into the hands of God. He will get you through this difficult journey!
Know that God understands exactly how you are feeling right now. Jesus Christ came on this earth as a perfect, unblemished sacrifice for our sins. He was heaven’s redemption plan for us. Even though He was guiltless, Jesus endured: pain, heartache, betrayal and the full rollercoaster of emotions that you are experiencing right now.
God understands! We are connected through the sufferings of Christ. And in turn, He can be our inspiration and source of strength.
Take comfort in the loving arms of our God. Believe in His perfect plan for your life. And trust that with God’s presence, you can conquer life’s most intense challenges.
85 Bible Verses to Comfort a Grieving Mother
To the sad mom that is reading: whatever heartbreak or grievances that you are feeling or holding on to, in your spirit…let it go! Hand it over to God!
Below is a compilation of bible verses that can be used to navigate any mother in the right direction. These verses focus on a few important things that’s certain to help heal any grieving mom:
1. Trusting in God’s plan for our lives.
2. Having faith that all things are meant for our benefit, according to God’s will.
3. Knowing that God understands exactly how we feel.
4. Believing that we are never alone and God is always with us.
5. Knowing that we must lean on God as our ultimate comforter.
6. Seeking God for wisdom to handle your situation.
God speaks to us through His word. Before we read the word, it’s important to take a moment to invite God to enter our hearts and guide our minds. This way we’d be able to decipher what He is saying, in the most impactful manner.
Take a moment to pray before reading the bible verses!
Prayer for a Grieving Mother
Please bow your hearts in reverence to God, focus on Him and pray with dedication and humility. Let us pray!
Dear Heavenly Father,
I come to you in the name of Jesus Christ, your Son. I pray and thank you for everything that you have done in my life. You are an awesome God and are worthy of all praises! Thank you for life, all your blessings and all the miracles that you continue to work in my life.
Please forgive me of my sins and keep my name written in the Lamb’s Book of Life! Please help me to live a life that is pleasing to you Lord.
Heavenly father, you know my heart. You know exactly how I feel. And you know exactly what I need to hear, sense and experience. Lord I pray that as I study your word, you would fill my heart, mind and body with your Holy Spirit. Please speak to me and bless me with your peace and loving comfort.
Let the joy of the Lord be upon me. Draw me near to you Lord God and grant me happiness, understanding and a sound mind. Please help me to progress out of these trying times. Bless me to be able to heal emotionally and to live a life that reflects your works.
I ask that you keep me covered under the blood of Jesus, and keep your angels encamped around me. I claim all these things in Jesus’ name. Amen!
Now put your trust in God, focus on Him and let’s explore what the word of God says:
1. Psalm 46:1
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
2. Psalm 34:15
“The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous and His ears toward their cry.”
3. Hebrews 4:16
“Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
4. Hebrews 6:9-10
“beloved, we feel sure of better things – things that belong to salvation. For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for His name”
5. Hebrews 6:11-12
“And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”
6. Hebrews 6:18-19
“it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain”
7. Psalm 42:5-6
“Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise Him, my salvation and my God.”
8. Psalm 62:6-7
“He only is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my salvation and my glory; my mighty rock, my refuge is God.”
9. Hebrews 10:23
“Let us hold fast the confession of hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.”
10. Hebrews 10:35-36
“Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.”
11. Hebrews 10:37-38
“but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
12. Hebrews 10:39
“But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.”
13. Hebrews 11:6
“And without faith it is impossible to please Him.”
14. Hebrews 12:1-2
“let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
15. Hebrews 12:3-7
“Consider Him who endured from sinners such hostility against Himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?
‘My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by Him. For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.’
It is for discipline that you have to endure.”
16. Hebrews 13:20
“Now may the God of peace (…) equip you with everything good that you may do His will, working in us that which is pleasing in His sight”
17. Psalm 145:18
“The Lord is near to all who call on Him, to all who call on Him in truth.”
18. James 1:2-3
“Count it all joy, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.”
19. James 1:5-6
“If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously without reproach and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting”
20. James 1:12
“Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him.”
21. James 2:1
“show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of Glory.”
22. Psalm 85:8
“Let me hear what God the Lord will speak, for He will speak peace to His people”
23. James 4:8
“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.”
24. James 4:10
“Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.”
25. James 5:11
“Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.”
26. James 5:13
“Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray.”
27. Psalm 9:9
“The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.”
28. Psalm 121:1-2
“I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.”
29. Lamentations 3:22-24
“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in Him.’”
30. Romans 8:18
“For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.”
31. Romans 8:26
“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.”
32. Romans 8:28
“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.”
33. Romans 8:38-39
“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
34. Psalm 136:1
“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever.”
35. Romans 12:2
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.”
36. Romans 14:8
“For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.”
37. Psalm 3:3
“But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.”
38. Proverbs 3:5-6
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.”
39. Deuteronomy 31:6
“Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.”
40. Nehemiah 8:10
“And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
41. Jeremiah 29:11-13
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.”
42. Psalm 147:3
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars; He gives to all of them their names.
Great is our Lord, and abundant in power; His understanding is beyond measure.”
43. Joshua 1:5
“I will not leave you or forsake you.”
44. Joshua 1:9
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”
45. Matthew 5:4
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
46. Psalm 23:1
“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want…”
47. Mathew 11:28
“Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
48. Matthew 28:20
“And behold, I am with you always, to the end of age.”
49. Philippians 4:6-8
The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
50. Psalm 16:11
“You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”
51. John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”
52. John 11:25-26
Jesus said: “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he dies, yet he shall live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.”
53. John 11:35
“Jesus wept.”
54. Psalm 55:22
“Cast your burden on the Lord, and He will sustain you”
55. John 14:1
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.” (Jesus)
56. John 14:27
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” (Jesus)
57. John 16:22
“So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.” (Jesus)
58. John 16:33
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” (Jesus)
59. Psalm 46:10
“Be still and know that I am God.”
60. Isaiah 25:8
“He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces.”
61. Isaiah 26:4
“Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.”
62. Psalm 30:5
“For His anger is but for a moment, and His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.”
63. Isaiah 40:31
“But they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength”
64. Isaiah 41:10
“fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
65. Isaiah 43:1
“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.”
66. Psalm 118:8
“It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man.”
67. Isaiah 44:8
“Fear not, nor be afraid”
68. Isaiah 49:13
“Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted His people and will have compassion on His afflicted.”
69. Isaiah 57:1
“The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity; he enters into peace”
70. 1 Peter 1:3
“Blessed be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to His great mercy, He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ”
71. 1 Peter 5:6-7
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you.”
72. Psalm 73:26-28
“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever (…) But for me it is good to be near God; I have made the Lord God my refuge, that I may tell of all your works.”
73. 1 Corinthians 15:55
“O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”
74. 2 Corinthians 1:3
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction.”
75. Psalm 119:50
“This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life.”
76. 2 Corinthians 4:16
“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.”
77. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18
“For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things unseen.”
78. 2 Corinthians 5:6-7
“We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight.”
79. Psalm 18:2
“The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge”
80. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17
“But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. (…) And the dead in Christ will rise first.”
81. Luke 11:13
“If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Heavenly father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”
82. Nahum 1:7
“The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; He knows those who take refuge in Him.”
83. Philippians 4:13
“I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.”
84. Revelation 21:4
“He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore”
85. Ecclesiastes 3:1-10
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted, a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance…”
Additional Comments on Comforting Mother Bible Verses
It is important to seek God through prayer, fasting and studying His word at all times in our life. Whatever answers we are hoping for, it is there when we do those three things!
The verses that we captured can be adapted to give answers in whatever relationship crisis in our lives. Whether it be for a mother who lost a child or just a mother distraught over a broken relationship with their son or daughter.
Who are we to judge the extent of the hurt you are feeling?! God alone knows and He will get you out of this troubled time.
Just remember that even the great King David experienced the death of a child, and a broken relationship with another son later on. Everything works out for the grater good in the end. It will for you as well, as long as you lean on God!
Frequently Asked Questions for Grieving Mother Quotes
FAQ: Are there bible verses to comfort the grieving?
This post highlights several of the best verses to comfort a grieving mother. These will definitely put any sad mom on the right track when paired with prayer and submission to God.
There are many more comforting verses in the bible! As a matter of fact, just studying the bible on the whole is a guaranteed mood booster. The word of God will always lift your spirit!
FAQ: What does the bible say about comforting a mother?
The bible says God is our comforter! Regardless of who we are or what our situation is, our comfort comes from God! Isaiah 66:13 says: “As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you.”
This is just one of many examples where God tells us that He is our comforter!
FAQ: What do you say to comfort a grieving mother?
It is important to approach a grieving mother with compassion and treat her situation delicately. Steer her towards God, urge her to pray, fast, read her bible and seek God. Let God take care of the rest, while you support her emotionally and with companionship, as necessary.
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Final Thoughts for What to Say to a Grieving Mother
Trust in God and stick close to Him every step of the way. Study His word and understand that tough times are intended to work for our benefit, according to God’s perfect plan for our lives.
The pain you feel now will soon be no more and you will be stronger for having gone through it. Lean on the love of Christ during your grieving process and you will get through it!
Do you know of any other bible verses to comfort a grieving mother? Any thoughts as to what a sad mom wants to hear? Please share in the comments section below. We’d love to hear what you have to say!
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85 Powerful Bible Verses to Comfort a Grieving Mother
