92 verses contain “grieve” (in the KJV: 68, in the BSB: 43) — showing 1–92
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And it
repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it
grieved him at his heart.
And the LORD
regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was
grieved in His heart.
And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the
creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
So the LORD said, “I will
blot out man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—every man and beast and
crawling creature and bird of the air—for I am
grieved that I have made them.”
And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were
grieved, and they were very
wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob’s daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and
fury, because
Shechem had committed an
outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
And now, do not be distressed or
angry with
yourselves that you sold me into this place, because it was to save lives that God sent me before you.
The archers attacked him with bitterness; they aimed at him in hostility.
But the more they
afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were
grieved because of the children of Israel.
But the more they were
oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to
dread the Israelites.
Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be
grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall
bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto.
Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be
grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will
bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.
And the children of Israel
wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of
weeping and
mourning for Moses were ended.
The Israelites
grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of
weeping and
mourning for Moses came to an end.
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was
grieved for the misery of Israel.
So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
And the children of Israel
repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
And the Israelites
grieved for their brothers, the Benjamites, and said, “
Today a tribe is cut off from Israel.
And the people
repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
The people
grieved for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a void in the tribes of Israel.
Would ye
tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands?
nay, my daughters; for it
grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
would you wait for them to grow up? Would you
refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, it
grieves me very much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD has gone out against me.”
Then said Elkanah her husband to her,
Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart
grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
“
Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so
grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to
consume thine eyes, and to
grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.
It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it
grieved Samuel; and he
cried unto the LORD all night.
“I
regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and
cried out to the LORD all that night.
And David
sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not
Jonathan know this, lest he be
grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
But David again
vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘
Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be
grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you
yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”
So
Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was
grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.
Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was
grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.
And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was
grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.
And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man
grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
I am distressed for thee, my brother
Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
I
grieve for you,
Jonathan, my brother. You were delightful to me; your love to me was extraordinary,
surpassing the love of women.
And the victory that day was turned into
mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was
grieved for his son.
And that day’s victory was turned into
mourning for all the people, because on that day they were told, “The king is
grieving over his son.”
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest
bless me indeed, and
enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not
grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would
bless me and
enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from
harm, so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted the request of Jabez.
But when
Sanballat the Horonite and
Tobiah the
Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye
sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Then
Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since
today is holy to our Lord. Do not
grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”
So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye
grieved.
And the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Be still, since
today is holy. Do not
grieve.”
And it
grieved me
sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of
Tobiah out of the chamber.
And I was greatly displeased and threw all of
Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.
When
Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about
Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for
Mordecai to wear instead of his
sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
“If one ventures a word with you, will you be
wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
Did not I
weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul
grieved for the poor?
When my heart was
grieved and I was pierced within,
And I said, This is my
infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
So I said, “I am
grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.”
How
oft did they
provoke him in the wilderness, and
grieve him in the desert!
How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and
grieved Him in the desert!
Forty years long was I
grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do
err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
For forty years I was
angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go
astray, and they have not known My ways.”
The wicked shall see it, and be
grieved; he shall
gnash with his teeth, and
melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.
The wicked man will see and be
grieved; he will
gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
I
beheld the transgressors, and was
grieved; because they kept not thy word.
I look on the faithless with
loathing because they do not keep Your word.
Do not I
hate them, O LORD, that
hate thee? and am not I
grieved with those that rise up against thee?
Do I not
hate those who
hate You, O LORD, and
detest those who rise against You?
The
slothful hideth his hand in his
bosom; it
grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
The slacker buries his hand in the
dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
These two things are come unto thee; who shall be
sorry for thee?
desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
These pairs have
befallen you:
devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will
grieve for you? Who can comfort you?
For the LORD hath called thee as a woman
forsaken and
grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou
wast refused, saith thy God.
For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.
Thou art
wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou
wast not
grieved.
You are
wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found
renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.
But they rebelled, and
vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
But they rebelled and
grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast
stricken them, but they have not
grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to
repent.
The ways of
Zion do
mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are
desolate: her priests
sigh, her virgins are
afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
The roads to
Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests
groan, her maidens
grieve, and she herself is bitter with
anguish.
For he
doth not
afflict willingly nor
grieve the children of men.
For He does not willingly
afflict or
grieve the sons of men.
And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations
whither they shall be carried
captives, because I am broken with their
whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a
whoring after their idols: and they shall
lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
Then in the nations to which they have been carried
captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been
grieved by their
adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that
lusted after idols. So they will
loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.
I Daniel was
grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.
I, Daniel, was
grieved in my spirit, and the visions in my mind
alarmed me.
For the ships of
Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be
grieved, and return, and have
indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that
forsake the holy covenant.
Ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and
rage against the holy covenant and do damage. So he will return and show favor to those who
forsake the holy covenant.
You drink wine by the bowlful and
anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to
grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall
flee from thee, and say,
Nineveh is laid waste: who will
bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?
Then all who see you will
recoil from you and say, ‘
Nineveh is
devastated; who will
grieve for her?’ Where can I find comforters for you?”
I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.
“I will gather those among you who grieve over the appointed feasts, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall
mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his
firstborn.
Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will
mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and
grieve bitterly for Him as one
grieves for a
firstborn son.
And the king was
sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
The king was
grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted
And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding
sorry.
They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply
grieved.
And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?
They were deeply
grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being
grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
And he was
sad at that saying, and went away
grieved: for he had great possessions.
But the man was
saddened by these words and went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.
And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?
They began to be
grieved and to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I?”
Verily,
verily, I say unto you, That ye shall
weep and
lament, but the world shall
rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
Truly, truly, I tell you, you will
weep and
wail while the world rejoices. You will
grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of
Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was
grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply
hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.
Being
grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and
proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
And this did she many days. But Paul, being
grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so
aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.
Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.
They were especially
grieved by his statement that they would never see his face again. Then they accompanied him to the ship.
But if thy brother be
grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not
charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
For if I make you
sorry, who is he then that maketh me
glad, but the same which is made
sorry by me?
For if I
grieve you, who is left to
cheer me but those whom I have
grieved?
For out of much
affliction and
anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be
grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and
anguish of heart, not to
grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.
But if any have caused grief, he hath not
grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
Now if
anyone has caused grief, he has not
grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be
grieved over many who have
sinned earlier and have not
repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and
debauchery.
And
grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of
redemption.
And do not
grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of
redemption.
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.
Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
Wherefore I was
grieved with that generation, and said, They do
alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
Therefore I was
angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going
astray, and they have not known My ways.’
But with whom was he
grieved forty years? was it not with them that had
sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
And with whom was God
angry for forty years? Was it not with those who
sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
As for the things that came to pass in his time, they were written in former times, concerning those that
sinned, and did wickedly against the Lord above all people and kingdoms, and how they
grieved him exceedingly, so that the words of the Lord rose up against Israel.
And when I spake these things in my heart, I looked back with mine eyes, and upon the right side I saw a woman, and, behold, she
mourned and
wept with a loud voice, and was much
grieved in heart, and her clothes were rent, and she had ashes upon her head.
And said unto her, Wherefore weepest thou? why art thou so
grieved in thy mind?
For now the most High
seeth that thou art
grieved unfeignedly, and sufferest from thy whole heart for her, so hath he shewed thee the brightness of her glory, and the
comeliness of her beauty:
Then I being
grieved did
weep, and in my sorrow prayed, saying,
And when he had called him, he said, My son, when I am dead,
bury me; and
despise not thy mother, but honour her all the days of thy life, and do that which shall please her, and
grieve her not.
My son, help thy father in his age, and grieve him not as long as he liveth.
Let it not
grieve thee to bow down thine ear to the poor, and give him a friendly answer with
meekness.
Bow down thy shoulder, and bear her, and be not
grieved with her bonds.
In the prosperity of a man enemies will be
grieved: but in his
adversity even a friend will depart.
It is the rudeness of a man to
hearken at the door: but a wise man will be
grieved with the disgrace.
There be two things that
grieve my heart; and the third maketh me
angry: a man of war that suffereth poverty; and men of understanding that are not set by; and one that returneth from righteousness to sin; the Lord prepareth such an one for the sword.
He that teacheth his son
grieveth the enemy: and before his friends he shall
rejoice of him.
He
grieved also many kings, and made Jacob
glad with his acts, and his
memorial is blessed for ever.
For the which cause not only the Jews, but many also of other nations, took great
indignation, and were much
grieved for the unjust murder of the man.
Came to
Ptolemais: the people there were
grieved for the covenants; for they stormed, because they would make their covenants void:
