48 Bible Verses about Depression

I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all the day long.

Nevertheless God, who encourages the lowly, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.

A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to the bitter in soul.

O my God, my soul is cast down within me. Therefore I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, and the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

For in much wisdom is much grief, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Thou shall be established in righteousness. Thou shall be far from oppression, for thou shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come near thee.

Make haste to answer me, O LORD, my spirit fails. Hide not thy face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the pit.

My soul still has them in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.

And the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou are not sick? This is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid.

Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And why are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance, and my God.

Heaviness in the heart of a man makes it droop, but a good word makes it glad.

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life. And he came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And why are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance, and my God.

And he lay down and slept under a juniper tree, and, behold, a [heavenly] agent touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.

And it came to pass, when the spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand. So Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

for it is written, He will give his agents orders about thee, to protect thee,

And having taken Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and distressed.

Now the Spirit of LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from LORD troubled him.

but he did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

Thou, who have shown us many and great troubles, will revive us again, and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

And Moses spoke so to the sons of Israel, but they did not hearken to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is heaviness.

Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

And LORD said to Cain, Why are thou angry? And why has thy countenance fallen?

And she said to them, Call me not Naomi. Call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

These shall lift up their voice. They shall shout. For the majesty of LORD they cry aloud from the sea.

And he said to him, Oh, LORD, with what shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

and he shall look on the disease. And, behold, if the disease is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, and the appearance of it is lower than the wall [surface],

And the Lord spoke to Paul by a vision at night, Fear not, but speak, and be not silent,

And now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away. And ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

For LORD has called thee as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit. Even a wife of youth when she is cast off, says thy God.

Rejoice always.

Surely oppression makes the wise man foolish, and a bribe destroys the understanding.

And I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants. And afterwards it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says LORD.

And every man who was in distress, and every man who was in debt, and every man who was discontented, gathered themselves to him, and he became captain over them. And there were with him about four hundred men.

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. And he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough, now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a broken spirit who can bear?