21 Comforting Bible Verses About Miscarriage For When You Need Them Most
These encouraging Bible verses about miscarriage are to help you through the grief and pain that follow pregnancy loss.
It will be one year ago tomorrow that I heard the news at the doctor’s office. I remember it like it was yesterday.
I remember the doctor coming in after checking for a heartbeat at my 12-week appointment just to turn to me with sad eyes and tell me that our sweet baby no longer had a heartbeat.
It took a minute for the reality of what she was saying to sink in…
My baby was gone.
I remember the sleepless nights, the grief, the pain, and the loneliness I felt.
No matter what anyone said or did, nothing would take the pain away, except turning to God and finding hope in the Bible.
Trusting God After Miscarriage
Thankfully, in our lowest moments and when we feel the most alone, there is always someone there and that is God.
He knows you. He knows your struggles and the grief and pain that you are feeling.
While it sometimes feels difficult to hear him, when we read verses of the Bible we can feel his love for us and find comfort in him.
These inspiring bible verses for miscarriage helped me get through those darkest days and I hope they can bring you the same peace and hope that they brought me in my times of struggle.
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21 Comforting Bible Verses For Miscarriage
I hope that these Bible verses help you through the pain and grief of your miscarriage and bring you the comfort that you are looking for during this time.
*all Bible verses are taken from the NIV version
Psalms 34:18
“The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”
Isaiah 41:10
“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”
2 Corinthians 1:3-5
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.”
Isaiah 55:8-9
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord.
As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.”
Psalms 147:3
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”
John 16:22-24
“So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.”
John 16:33
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world, you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Romans 8:18
“I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”
Romans 8:28
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”
1 Samuel 1:26-28
“And she said to him, “Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord.
I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him.
So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.”
2 Samuel 12:22-23
“He answered, “While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept. I thought, ‘Who knows? The Lord may be gracious to me and let the child live.’
But now that he is dead, why should I go on fasting? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
Psalms 147:3,5
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars and calls them by name.
Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.”
Psalms 73:26
“My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
1 Peter 5:6-7
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time.
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
Psalms 23:1-3
“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
He refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake.”
Psalms 71:20-21
“Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.
You will increase my honor and comfort me once more.”
Ecclesiastes 11:5
“As you do not know the path of the wind, or how the body is formed in a mother’s womb, so you cannot understand the work of God, the Maker of all things.”
Philippians 4:6-7
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Psalms 46:1-5
“God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
God is within her, she will not fall; God will help her at break of day.”
Jeremiah 29:12-13
“Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.”
Psalms 56:3-4
“When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.
In God, whose word I praise— in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”
I hope that these Bible verses about miscarriage offer you hope, peace, and the comfort you are seeking.
I know during this time you probably feel so alone, but know that God is always with you.
Pray to him and grieve with him and he will offer you the comfort and support that you need during this time.
May God bless you in your time of need and know that you are not alone.
