MOURNING

(See also Comfort; Grief)

‘better to go to house of mourning’ (Ec 7:2): it-2 209; w02 6/1 4

Bible examples: we 7-8; w95 6/1 7-8; w90 10/15 30-31

Bible times: nwt 1705; w95 6/1 7-8

cutting oneself: it-1 563; w04 9/15 27

dirges: it-1 627-628; nwt 1697

gestures and postures: it-1 217-218

grooming: it-1 1021

Israel (ancient): it-2 446-447

sackcloth: it-2 834-835

Bible view: it-2 447-448; g01 7/8 12-13; w90 10/15 30-31; g87 8/8 11

customs: w98 7/15 20-24; w95 8/15 28-29; rs 102-103

mourning garments: w98 7/15 22-23

comfort for ones who mourn: mwb25.09 12; scl 54-55; g02 5/8 19

in field ministry: km 4/08 8

publications providing comfort: g 7/12 14

video Comfort for Those Who Mourn: mrt articles 54, 69

customs (Africa): w98 1/15 20

discussion: it-2 446-448; we 3-31; w95 6/1 6-10

expressing grief: g17.2 8; wp16.3 5; g00 8/8 14-15

“happy are those who mourn” (Mt 5:4): w18.09 18-19; it-1 1033; w09 2/15 6-7; w04 9/1 4-5; w04 11/1 9-10

laughter changed to mourning: it-2 209-210

over Babylon the Great: it-1 240-241; w09 2/15 4-5; re 267-268

what others can do: mwb25.09 12; w22.01 16; w17.07 12-16; g17.2 9; wp16.3 6-7; g 7/12 15; w10 5/1 8-12; w10 11/1 9-11; w08 7/1 9; w07 5/1 5-6; we 12, 20-25; w03 5/1 23-24; w00 4/15 7; w99 5/15 27; w95 6/1 12-15; g92 7/22 8; g89 2/22 11; g88 1/22 12; g87 8/8 10-12

when appropriate: it-2 447