Then Abraham got up from mourning his dead wife ¹  and said to the sons of Heth, ² 

(19:2) Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”

My harp is used for ¹  mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping.

I am dazed ¹  and completely humiliated; ²  all day long I walk around mourning.

Our hearts no longer have any joy; ¹  our dancing is turned to mourning.

In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three whole weeks. ¹ 

She went out and told those who were with him, while they were mourning and weeping.

Grieve, mourn, ¹  and weep. Turn your laughter ²  into mourning and your joy into despair.

People of Jerusalem, ¹  go up to Lebanon and cry out in mourning. Go to the land of Bashan and cry out loudly. Cry out in mourning from the mountains of Moab. ²  For your allies ³  have all been defeated.

‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; ¹  we wailed in mourning, ²  yet you did not weep.’

A great number of the people followed him, among them women ¹  who were mourning ²  and wailing for him.

So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning ¹  and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time. ² 

When the days of mourning ¹  had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh’s royal court, ²  “If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh, ³ 

The Israelites mourned for Moses in the deserts of Moab for thirty days; then the days of mourning for Moses ended.

When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, ¹  crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.

I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. ¹  I bowed down ²  in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother. ³ 

I will pray ¹  to God, my high ridge: ²  “Why do you ignore ³  me? Why must I walk around mourning ⁴  because my enemies oppress me?”

For you are the God who shelters me. ¹  Why do you reject me? ²  Why must I walk around ³  mourning ⁴  because my enemies oppress me?

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of merrymaking. ¹ 

At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth. ¹