be not grieved.

Isaiah 40:1, 2
"Comfort, comfort My people, " says your God. . . .

Luke 23:34
Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided up His garments by casting lots.

2 Corinthians 2:7, 11
So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. . . .

nor angry with yourselves.

God.

Genesis 45:7, 8
God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. . . .

Genesis 47:25
"You have saved our lives, " they said. "We have found favor in our lord's eyes, and will be Pharaoh's servants."

Genesis 50:20
As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this--to preserve the lives of many people.

1 Samuel 1:19
The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.

2 Samuel 12:12
You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.'"

2 Samuel 16:10-12
But the king replied, "What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses me because the LORD told him, 'Curse David, ' who can ask, 'Why did you do this?'" . . .

2 Samuel 17:14
Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel." For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

Job 1:21
saying: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I shall return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD."

Psalm 105:16, 17
He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food. . . .

Acts 2:23, 24
He was handed over by God's set plan and foreknowledge, and you, by the hands of the lawless, put Him to death by nailing Him to the cross. . . .

Acts 4:24-28
When the believers heard this, they lifted up their voices to God with one accord. "Sovereign Lord, " they said, "You made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them. . . .

Acts 7:9-15
Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him . . .