When you face Grief

1 Corinthians 2:9 (New International Version, ©2011)

⁹ However, as it is written:

   “What no eye has seen,
   what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived”^[a]—
   the things God has prepared for those who love him—

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 (New International Version, ©2011)

Believers Who Have Died

 ¹³ Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. ¹⁴ For we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (New International Version, ©2011)

Praise to the God of All Comfort

 ³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, ⁴ who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

Isaiah 41:10 (New International Version, ©2011)

¹⁰ So do not fear, for I am with you;
   do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen you and help you;
   I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Isaiah 43:2 (New International Version, ©2011)

² When you pass through the waters,
   I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
   they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
   you will not be burned;
   the flames will not set you ablaze.

Isaiah 51:11 (New International Version, ©2011)

¹¹ Those the LORD has rescued will return.
   They will enter Zion with singing;
   everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
   and sorrow and sighing will flee away.

Jeremiah 17:7 (New International Version, ©2011)

 ⁷ “But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD,
   whose confidence is in him.

Psalm 121:1-2 (New International Version, ©2011)

 ¹ I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
   where does my help come from? ² My help comes from the LORD,
   the Maker of heaven and earth.

Psalm 31:7 (New International Version, ©2011)

⁷ I will be glad and rejoice in your love,
   for you saw my affliction
   and knew the anguish of my soul.

Psalm 62:7 (New International Version, ©2011)

⁷ My salvation and my honor depend on God^[a];
   he is my mighty rock, my refuge.

Psalm 62:8 (New International Version, ©2011)

⁸ Trust in him at all times, you people;
   pour out your hearts to him,
   for God is our refuge.

Romans 8:28 (New International Version, ©2011)

 ²⁸ And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who^[a] have been called according to his purpose.