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Scripture gives many examples of how people respond to the death of those they love.

The experience of bereavement

Abraham

Genesis 23:1-2

Jacob

Genesis 37:35 See also Genesis 42:38; Genesis 48:7

Joseph

Genesis 50:10

David

2 Samuel 18:33 See also 2 Samuel 1:11-12; Samuel 3:32; Samuel 12:15-21

Job

Job 1:20 At the news of the deaths of his sons and daughters. See also Job 17:7

Jesus Christ

John 11:35 Because of the death of his friend, Lazarus.

The early Christians

Acts 8:2 See also Acts 9:39

The expression of grief

Genesis 37:34; Psalm 31:9 See also Deuteronomy 34:8; 1 Samuel 2:33; 2 Samuel 1:17; Samuel 3:31-34; Samuel 14:2; 2 Chronicles 35:25; Psalm 35:14; Isaiah 16:7; Lamentations 3:48; Ezekiel 24:17; Zechariah 12:10 prediction of mourning for the Messiah; Philippians 2:27

Grief passes with time

Genesis 24:67; Genesis 38:12; 2 Samuel 12:24

See also

2530  Christ, death of
5398  loss
5419  mourning
5560  suffering
5831  depression
5916  pessimism
5945  self-pity
5952  sorrow
5970  unhappiness
6203  mortality
9020  death