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Dictionary of Bible Themes – 5796 bereavement, experience of
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Dictionary of Bible Themes
5000 Humanity
5760 Human attitudes and behaviour
5795 bereavement
5796 bereavement, experience of
5796 bereavement, experience of
5796 bereavement, experience of
Scripture gives many examples of how people respond to the death of those they love.
The experience of bereavement
Abraham Ge 23:1-2
Jacob Ge 37:35 See also Ge 42:38; Ge 48:7
Joseph Ge 50:10
David 2Sa 18:33 See also 2Sa 1:11-12; 2Sa 3:32; 2Sa 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 Jn 11:35 Because of the death of his friend, Lazarus.
The early Christians Ac 8:2 See also Ac 9:39
The expression of grief
Ge 37:34; Ps 31:9 See also Dt 34:8; 1Sa 2:33; 2Sa 1:17; 2Sa 3:31-34; 2Sa 14:2; 2Ch 35:25; Ps 35:14; Isa 16:7; La 3:48; Eze 24:17; Zec 12:10 prediction of mourning for the Messiah; Php 2:27
Grief passes with time
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 |
Dictionary of Bible Themes Scripture index copyright Martin H. Manser, 2009. As Editor, Martin Manser wishes to thank all those who compiled or edited the NIV Thematic Study Bible, on which this work is based.
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