Bible Concordances
Mourning
Nave's Topical Bible
- For the dead
- Head uncovered
Leviticus 10:6; 21:10 - Lying on the ground
2 Samuel 12:16 - Personal appearance neglected
2 Samuel 14:2 - Cutting the flesh
Leviticus 19:28; 21:1-5; Deuteronomy 14:1; Jeremiah 16:6,7; 41:5 - Lamentations
Genesis 50:10; Exodus 12:30; 1 Samuel 30:4; Jeremiah 22:18; Matthew 2:17,18 - Fasting
1 Samuel 31:13; 2 Samuel 1:12; 3:35
- Priests prohibited, except for the nearest of kin
Leviticus 21:1-11
- For Nadab and Abihu forbidden
Leviticus 10:6
- Sexes separated in
Zechariah 12:12,14
- Hired mourners
2 Chronicles 35:25; Ecclesiastes 12:5; Jeremiah 9:17; Matthew 9:23
- Abraham mourned for Sarah
Genesis 23:2
- The Egyptians mourned for Jacob for seventy days
Genesis 50:1-3
- The Israelites mourned for Aaron for thirty days
Numbers 20:29
- David's lamentations over
- The death of Saul and his sons
2 Samuel 1:17-27 - The death of Abner
2 Samuel 3:33,34 - The death of Absalom
2 Samuel 18:33
- Jeremiah and the singing men and singing women lament for Josiah
2 Chronicles 35:25
- For calamities and other sorrows
- Ripping the garments
Genesis 37:29,34; 44:13; Numbers 14:6; Judges 11:35; 2 Samuel 1:2,11; 3:31; 13:19,31; 15:32; 2 Kings 2:12; 5:8; 6:30; 11:14; 19:1; 22:11,19; Ezra 9:3,5; Job 1:20; 2:12; Isaiah 37:1; Jeremiah 41:5; Matthew 26:65; Acts 14:14
- Wearing mourning clothes
Genesis 38:14; 2 Samuel 14:2
- See SACKCLOTH
- Cutting or plucking off the hair and beard
Ezra 9:3; Jeremiah 7:29
- See BALDNESS
- Covering
- The head and the face
2 Samuel 15:30; 19:4; Esther 6:12; Jeremiah 14:3,4 - The upper lip
Leviticus 13:45; Ezekiel 24:17,22; Micah 3:7
- Laying aside ornaments
Exodus 33:4,6
- Walking barefoot
2 Samuel 15:30; Isaiah 20:2
- Laying the hand on the head
2 Samuel 13:19; Jeremiah 2:37
- Ashes put on the head
Ezekiel 27:30
- Dust on the head
Joshua 7:6
- Dressing in black
Jeremiah 14:2
- Sitting on the ground
Isaiah 3:26
- Caused ceremonial defilement
Numbers 19:11-16; 31:19; Leviticus 21:1
- Prevented offerings from being accepted
Deuteronomy 26:14; Hosea 9:4
- See ELEGY
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Bibliography Information
Nave, Orville J. Entry for 'Mourning'. Nave's Topical Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​concordances/​eng/​ntb/​m/mourning.html. 1896.