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‘Mourn’ in the Bible – All 80 Bible verses / Bible passages

Here you will find all biblical passages where / in which the word (or term) ‘Mourn’ occurs and how often this word occurs per biblical book. We searched the New and Old Testaments to find all the verses and occurrences of the Word. his article is part of our small concordance.

The term ‘Mourn’ occurs 80 times in the Bible. Below you will find all matching biblical passages divided according to the corresponding book.

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Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Genesis

Genesis 23:2 And she died in the city of Arba, which is Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham came to mourn and weep for her.Genesis 23:2

Number of the word / term Mourn in Genesis: 1

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Exodus

Exodus 33:4 And upon hearing this very bad news, the people mourned; and no one put on his finery according to custom.Exodus 33:4

Number of the word / term Mourn in Exodus: 1

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Numbers

Numbers 14:39 And Moses spoke all these words to all the sons of Israel, and the people mourned exceedingly.Numbers 14:39

Number of the word / term Mourn in Numbers: 1

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 34:8 And the sons of Israel wept for him in the plains of Moab for thirty days. And then the days of their wailing, during which they mourned Moses, were completed.Deuteronomy 34:8

Number of the word / term Mourn in Deuteronomy: 1

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Judges

Judges 11:37 And she said to her father: “Grant to me this one thing, which I request. Permit me, that I may wander the hillsides for two months, and that I may mourn my virginity with my companions.”Judges 11:37

Number of the word / term Mourn in Judges: 1

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book 1 Samuel

1 Samuel 15:35 And Samuel did not see Saul any more, until the day of his death. Yet truly, Samuel mourned for Saul, because the Lord regretted that he had appointed him as king over Israel.1 Samuel 15:35

1 Samuel 16:1 And the Lord said to Samuel: “How long will you mourn for Saul, though I have rejected him, so that he would not reign over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and approach, so that I may send you to Jesse of Bethlehem. For I have provided a king from among his sons for myself.”1 Samuel 16:1

1 Samuel 25:1 Then Samuel died, and all of Israel gathered together, and they mourned him. And they buried him at his house in Ramah. And David, rising up, descended to the desert of Paran.1 Samuel 25:1

1 Samuel 28:3 Now Samuel was dead, and all of Israel mourned for him, and they buried him in Ramah, his city. And Saul took away the magi and soothsayers from the land.1 Samuel 28:3

1 Samuel 30:4 David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices. And they mourned until the tears in them failed.1 Samuel 30:4

Number of the word / term Mourn in 1 Samuel: 5

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book 2 Samuel

2 Samuel 1:12 And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, over Saul and over his son Jonathan, and over the people of the Lord and over the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.2 Samuel 1:12

2 Samuel 1:17 Then David mourned a lamentation over Saul and over his son Jonathan, in this way.2 Samuel 1:17

2 Samuel 3:31 Then David said to Joab, and to all the people who were with him, “Tear your garments, and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before the funeral procession of Abner.” Moreover, king David himself was following the casket.2 Samuel 3:31

2 Samuel 11:26 Then the wife of Uriah heard that her husband Uriah had died, and she mourned for him.2 Samuel 11:26

2 Samuel 13:37 But Absalom, fleeing, went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. Then David mourned for his son every day.2 Samuel 13:37

Number of the word / term Mourn in 2 Samuel: 5

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book 1 Kings

1 Kings 13:29 Then the prophet took the dead body of the man of God, and he placed it upon the donkey, and returning, he brought it into the city of the elderly prophet, so that he might mourn for him.1 Kings 13:29

1 Kings 13:30 And he placed his dead body in his own sepulcher. And they mourned for him, saying: “Alas! Alas! My brother!”1 Kings 13:30

1 Kings 13:31 And when they had mourned over him, he said to his sons: “When I will have died, bury me in the sepulcher in which the man of God was buried. Place my bones beside his bones.1 Kings 13:31

1 Kings 14:13 And all of Israel will mourn him, and will bury him. For he alone of Jeroboam shall be brought into a sepulcher. For concerning him, there has been found a good word from the Lord, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.1 Kings 14:13

1 Kings 14:18 And they buried him, and all of Israel mourned for him, in accord with the word of the Lord, which he spoke by the hand of his servant Ahijah, the prophet.1 Kings 14:18

Number of the word / term Mourn in 1 Kings: 5

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book 1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 7:22 And so their father, Ephraim, mourned for many days; and his brothers arrived, so that they might console him.1 Chronicles 7:22

Number of the word / term Mourn in 1 Chronicles: 1

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book 2 Chronicles

2 Chronicles 35:24 And they took him from the chariot, into another chariot which was following him, as was the custom of kings. And they transported him to Jerusalem. And he died, and he was buried in the mausoleum of his fathers. And all of Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him,2 Chronicles 35:24

Number of the word / term Mourn in 2 Chronicles: 1

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Nehemiah

Nehemiah 1:4 And when I had heard this manner of words, I sat down, and I wept and mourned for many days. I fasted and prayed before the face of the God of heaven.Nehemiah 1:4

Nehemiah 8:9 Then Nehemiah (the same is the cupbearer) and Ezra, the priest and scribe, and the Levites, who were interpreting for all the people, said: “This day has been sanctified to the Lord our God. Do not mourn, and do not weep.” For all of the people were weeping, as they were listening to the words of the law.Nehemiah 8:9

Number of the word / term Mourn in Nehemiah: 2

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Esther

Esther 7:4 For I and my people have been handed over to be crushed, to be slain, and to perish. And if we were only being sold as servants and slaves, the evil might be tolerable, and I would have mourned in silence. But now our enemy is one whose cruelty overflows upon the king.”Esther 7:4

Number of the word / term Mourn in Esther: 1

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Job

Job 14:22 And in this way his body, while he yet lives, will have grief, and his soul will mourn over himself.Job 14:22

Job 29:25 If I wished to go to them, I sat down first, and, though I sat like a king surrounded by an army, yet I was a comforter to whose who mourned.Job 29:25

Number of the word / term Mourn in Job: 2

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Proverbs

Proverbs 5:11 and you may mourn in the end, when you will have consumed your flesh and your body. And so you may say:Proverbs 5:11

Proverbs 29:2 When just men are multiplied, the common people shall rejoice. When the impious take up the leadership, the people shall mourn.Proverbs 29:2

Number of the word / term Mourn in Proverbs: 2

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Ecclesiastes

Ecclesiastes 3:4 A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.Ecclesiastes 3:4

Number of the word / term Mourn in Ecclesiastes: 1

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Isaiah

Isaiah 3:26 And her gates will grieve and mourn. And she will sit on the ground, desolate.Isaiah 3:26

Isaiah 19:8 And the fishermen will grieve. And all who cast a hook into the river will mourn. And those who cast a net upon the surface of its waters will languish.Isaiah 19:8

Isaiah 24:4 The earth mourned, and slipped away, and languished. The world slipped away; the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.Isaiah 24:4

Isaiah 24:7 The vintage has mourned. The vine has languished. All those who were rejoicing in their hearts have groaned.Isaiah 24:7

Isaiah 33:9 The earth has mourned and languished. Lebanon has been confounded and desecrated. And Sharon has become like a desert. And Bashan and Carmel have been struck together.Isaiah 33:9

Isaiah 57:18 I saw his ways, and I healed him, and I led him back again, and I restored consolations to him and to those who mourn for him.Isaiah 57:18

Isaiah 66:10 Rejoice with Jerusalem, and exult in her, all you who love her! Rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her!Isaiah 66:10

Number of the word / term Mourn in Isaiah: 7

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Jeremiah

Jeremiah 4:8 Concerning this, wrap yourselves in haircloth, mourn and wail: ‘For the wrath of the fury of the Lord has not been turned away from us.’Jeremiah 4:8

Jeremiah 4:28 The earth will mourn, and the heavens will lament from above. For I have spoken, I have decided, and I have not regretted. Neither will I be turned away from it.Jeremiah 4:28

Jeremiah 9:20 “Therefore, listen, O women, to the word of the Lord! And let your ears take up the word of his mouth. And teach your daughters to lament. And let each one teach her neighbor to mourn:Jeremiah 9:20

Jeremiah 14:2 “Judea has mourned. And its gates have fallen and become hard to discern on the ground. And the outcry of Jerusalem has ascended.Jeremiah 14:2

Jeremiah 16:4 They will die from grievous mortal illnesses. They will not be mourned, and they will not be buried. They will be like manure on the face of the earth. And they will be consumed by sword and by famine. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the land.”Jeremiah 16:4

Jeremiah 16:5 For thus says the Lord: “You shall not enter the house of feasting, and you shall not go to mourn or to console them. For I have taken away from this people, says the Lord, my peace, my mercy, and my pity.Jeremiah 16:5

Jeremiah 16:6 Both the great and the small will die in this land. They will not be buried, and they will not be mourned. And no one will cut themselves or make themselves bald on their behalf.Jeremiah 16:6

Jeremiah 22:10 You should not choose to weep for the dead, nor should you mourn over them with tears. Lament for him who is departing, for he will return no more, nor will he see his native land again.Jeremiah 22:10

Jeremiah 22:18 Because of this, thus says the Lord toward Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah: They will not mourn for him by saying, ‘Alas,’ to a brother, or, ‘Alas,’ to a sister. They will not make a noise for him and say, ‘Alas,’ to a master, or, ‘Alas,’ to a nobleman.Jeremiah 22:18

Jeremiah 22:23 You who sit in Lebanon, and who nest in the cedars, in what way did you mourn when suffering came to you, like the suffering of a woman giving birth?Jeremiah 22:23

Jeremiah 23:10 For the earth is full of adulterers! And the earth has mourned before the face of evil talk. The plains of the desert have dried up, and their course has become hazardous, and their firmness has become uneven.”Jeremiah 23:10

Jeremiah 25:33 And the slain of the Lord will be, on that day, from one end of the earth, even to the other end. They will not be mourned, and they will not be gathered, and they will not be buried. They will lie upon the face of the earth like dung.Jeremiah 25:33

Jeremiah 34:5 Instead, you will die in peace. And, in accord with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so will they burn you. And they will mourn you, saying: ‘Alas, lord!’ For I have spoken the word, says the Lord.”Jeremiah 34:5

Jeremiah 48:38 Over all the rooftops of Moab, and in its streets, everyone will mourn. For I have crushed Moab like a useless vessel, says the Lord.Jeremiah 48:38

Jeremiah 49:3 Wail, O Heshbon! For Ai has been devastated. Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah! Wrap yourselves with haircloth. Mourn and circle the hedges. For Milcom will be led into the transmigration: his priests and his leaders together.Jeremiah 49:3

Number of the word / term Mourn in Jeremiah: 15

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Lamentations

Lamentations 1:4 DALETH. The pathways of Zion mourn, because there are none who approach for the solemnity. All her gates are destroyed. Her priests groan. Her virgins are filthy. And she is overwhelmed with bitterness.Lamentations 1:4

Lamentations 2:8 HETH. The Lord has decided to tear down the wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out his measuring line, and he has not turn away his hand from perdition. And the rampart has mourned, and with the wall it has been torn apart.Lamentations 2:8

Number of the word / term Mourn in Lamentations: 2

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Ezekiel

Ezekiel 7:12 The time is approaching; the day is very near. Whoever buys should not rejoice. And whoever sells should not mourn. For wrath is over all of their people.Ezekiel 7:12

Ezekiel 7:27 The king will mourn, and the prince will be clothed with grief, and the hands of the people of the earth will be greatly disturbed. I will act toward them in accord with their own way, and I will judge them in accord with their own judgments. And they shall know that I am the Lord.”Ezekiel 7:27

Ezekiel 24:17 Groan silently; you shall make no mourning for the dead. Let the band of your crown be on you, and let your shoes be on your feet. And you shall not cover your face, nor shall you eat the food of those who mourn.”Ezekiel 24:17

Ezekiel 24:22 And so, you shall do just as I have done. You shall not cover your faces, and you shall not eat the food of those who mourn.Ezekiel 24:22

Number of the word / term Mourn in Ezekiel: 4

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Daniel

Daniel 10:2 In those days, I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks of days.Daniel 10:2

Number of the word / term Mourn in Daniel: 1

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Hosea

Hosea 4:3 Because of this, the land will mourn, and all who dwell in it will languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air. And the fishes of the sea also will be gathered together.Hosea 4:3

Hosea 10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria have worshipped the calf of Bethaven. For the keepers of its temple, who had exulted over it in its glory, and its people, have mourned over it because it migrated from there.Hosea 10:5

Number of the word / term Mourn in Hosea: 2

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Joel

Joel 1:9 Sacrifice and libation have perished from the house of the Lord; the priests who are ministers of the Lord have mourned.Joel 1:9

Joel 1:10 The region has been depopulated, the soil has mourned. For the wheat has been devastated, the wine has been disfigured, the oil has languished.Joel 1:10

Number of the word / term Mourn in Joel: 2

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Amos

Amos 1:2 And he said: The Lord will roar from Zion, and from Jerusalem he will utter his voice. And the beautiful pastures have mourned, and the top of Carmel has become dry.Amos 1:2

Amos 5:16 Therefore, thus says the Lord God of hosts, the Sovereign: In all the streets, there will be wailing. And in every place where they are outdoors, they will say, “Woe, woe!” And they will call the farmer to mourn, and those who know mourning to lamentation.Amos 5:16

Amos 8:8 Will not the earth shudder over this, and all its inhabitants mourn, and all rise up like a river, and be cast out, and flow away like the river of Egypt?Amos 8:8

Amos 9:5 And the Lord God of hosts, he touches the earth and it will melt. And all who dwell in it will mourn. And everyone will rise up like a river, and will flow away like the river of Egypt.Amos 9:5

Number of the word / term Mourn in Amos: 4

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Zechariah

Zechariah 7:5 Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying: Although you may have fasted and mourned in the fifth and the seventh month for these seventy years, did you indeed keep a fast unto me?Zechariah 7:5

Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of prayers. And they will look upon me, whom they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and they will feel sorrow over him, as one would be sorrowful at the death of a firstborn.Zechariah 12:10

Zechariah 12:12 And the earth will mourn: families and families separately; the families of the house of David separately, and their women separately;Zechariah 12:12

Number of the word / term Mourn in Zechariah: 3

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Matthew

Matthew 5:5 Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be consoled.Matthew 5:5

Matthew 9:15 And Jesus said to them: “How can the sons of the groom mourn, while the groom is still with them? But the days will arrive when the groom will be taken away from them. And then they shall fast.Matthew 9:15

Matthew 11:17 who, calling out to their companions, say: ‘We played music for you, and you did not dance. We lamented, and you did not mourn.’Matthew 11:17

Matthew 24:30 And then the sign of the Son of man shall appear in heaven. And then all tribes of the earth shall mourn. And they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven, with great power and majesty.Matthew 24:30

Number of the word / term Mourn in Matthew: 4

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Luke

Luke 6:25 Woe to you who are satisfied, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.Luke 6:25

Number of the word / term Mourn in Luke: 1

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book John

John 16:20 Amen, amen, I say to you, that you shall mourn and weep, but the world will rejoice. And you shall be greatly saddened, yet your sorrow shall be turned into joy.John 16:20

Number of the word / term Mourn in John: 1

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book 2 Corinthians

2 Corinthians 12:21 If so, then, when I have arrived, God may again humble me among you. And so, I mourn for the many who sinned beforehand, and did not repent, over the lust and fornication and homosexuality, which they have committed.2 Corinthians 12:21

Number of the word / term Mourn in 2 Corinthians: 1

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book James

James 4:9 Be afflicted: mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your gladness into sorrow.James 4:9

Number of the word / term Mourn in James: 1

Bible passages with ‘Mourn’ in the book Revelation

Revelation 18:9 And the kings of the earth, who have fornicated with her and lived in luxury, shall weep and mourn for themselves over her, when they see the smoke of her conflagration,Revelation 18:9

Revelation 18:11 And the businessmen of the earth shall weep and mourn over her, because no one will buy their merchandise anymore:Revelation 18:11

Number of the word / term ‘Mourn’ in Revelation: 2

These texts are taken from the following version: Catholic Public Domain Version.

Number of Bible Verses found on the topic: 80

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