31 Bible Verses about Being Overwhelmed

From the end of the earth I call to you when my heart grows faint. You will lead me to a rock [that is] higher than I.

And [so] my spirit grows faint within me; my heart {within} me is desolate.

Iniquities prevail over me. As for our transgressions, you will {forgive} them.

I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh; my being shall shout in exultation in my God. For he has clothed me [with] garments of salvation, he has covered me [with the] robe of righteousness, as bridegroom adorns [himself] [with] a head wrap like a priest, and as bride adorns herself [with] her jewelry.

There {they are very fearful} [where] no fear had been, because God has scattered the bones of him who encamps [against] you. You have put [them] to shame, because God has rejected them.

Fear and trembling come on me, and horror overwhelms me.

For my iniquities have passed over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

When my troubled thoughts were many {within me}, your consolations cheered my soul.

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction that happened in the [province of] Asia, that we were burdened to an extraordinary degree, beyond [our] strength, so that we were in despair even of living.

When your panic comes like a storm, and your calamity arrives like a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you,

I remember God and I groan loudly; I meditate and my spirit grows faint.

O Yahweh, hear my prayer, and let my cry for help come to you.

[No], but in all these [things] we prevail completely through the one who loved us.

There {they are very fearful} because God [is] with [the] generation of [the] righteous.

The ropes of death encircled me, and streams of ruin overwhelmed me.

When my spirit faints within me, you know my way. On the path where I walk, they have hidden a trap for me;

Though he fall, he will not be cast headlong, for Yahweh supports [him with] his hand.

So then, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest somehow this person should be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

Then the waters would have flooded over us, [the] torrent would have passed over our soul.

Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my lamenting and I groan,

Do not let the torrent of waters flood over me, or [the] deep swallow me, or the pit close its mouth over me.

Anguish and distress terrify him; they overpower him like a king ready for the battle.

Cruel [is] wrath and overwhelming [is] anger, but who will stand before jealousy?

And I saw, I, Daniel {alone}, the vision; and the people who were with me {did not see} the vision; nevertheless, a great trembling fell upon them and they fled [in order] to hide themselves.

When you pass through the waters, I [will be] with you, and through the rivers, they shall not flow over you. When you walk through fire, you shall not be burned, and [the] flame shall not scorch you.

All my enemies shall be ashamed and shall be very terrified. They shall turn back; they shall suddenly be ashamed.

And Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with [the] {edge of the sword}.

and the grace of our Lord abounded with the faith and love [that are] in Christ Jesus.

by means of which things the world that existed at that time was destroyed [by] being inundated with water.

And the earth came to the aid of the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river that the dragon had spouted out of his mouth.

But with a rushing torrent he will bring [Nineveh] to an end; he will chase his enemies into darkness.