7 Bible Verses about Bad News

He will not fear bad news;
His heart is steadfast, trusting [confidently relying on and believing] in the Lord.

So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we went, in spying it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants. And all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.

Or he who hears it will shame you
And the rumor about you [and your action in court] will have no end.

Listen carefully, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, utterly destroying them. So will you be rescued?

We have heard the report of it;
Our hands become limp and helpless.
Anguish has gripped us,
Pain like that of a woman in childbirth.

And when they say to you, ‘Why do you sigh and groan?’ you shall answer, ‘Because of the news that is coming; and every heart will melt and all hands will be frail, and every spirit will faint and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes and it will happen,’ says the Lord God.”

But rumors from the east and from the north will alarm and disturb him, and he will set out with great fury to destroy and to annihilate many.