48 Bible Verses about Depression

I am bent over and greatly bowed down;
I go about mourning all day long.

But God, who comforts and encourages the depressed and the disquieted, comforted us by the arrival of Titus.

A heart full of joy and goodness makes a cheerful face,
But when a heart is full of sadness the spirit is crushed.

Give strong drink [as medicine] to him who is ready to pass away,
And wine to him whose life is bitter.

O my God, my soul is in despair within me [the burden more than I can bear];
Therefore I will [fervently] remember You from the land of the Jordan
And the peaks of [Mount] Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

For in much [human] wisdom there is much displeasure and exasperation; increasing knowledge increases sorrow.

A happy heart is good medicine and a joyful mind causes healing,
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.

“You will be firmly established in righteousness:
You will be far from [even the thought of] oppression, for you will not fear,
And from terror, for it will not come near you.

Answer me quickly, O Lord, my spirit fails;
Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will become like those who go down into the pit (grave).

My soul continually remembers them
And is bowed down within me.

So the king said to me, “Why do you look sad when you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart.” Then I was very frightened,

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
And why are you restless and disturbed within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall again praise Him,
The help of my [sad] countenance and my God.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
But a good (encouraging) word makes it glad.

I came to you in [a state of] weakness and fear and great trembling.

And Elijah was afraid and arose and ran for his life, and he came to Beersheba which belongs to Judah, and he left his servant there.

Why are you in despair, O my soul?
Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?
Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,
The help of my countenance and my God.

He lay down and slept under the juniper tree, and behold, an angel touched him and said to him, “Get up and eat.”

So it came about that whenever the [evil] spirit from God was on Saul, David took a harp and played it with his hand; so Saul would be refreshed and be well, and the evil spirit would leave him.

Now when Ahab heard these words [of Elijah], he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about dejectedly (mourning).

for it is written and forever remains written,

‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard and protect You,’

And taking with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee [James and John], He began to be grieved and greatly distressed.

Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented and terrified him.

but for Cain and his offering He had no respect. So Cain became extremely angry (indignant), and he looked annoyed and hostile.

You who have shown me many troubles and distresses
Will revive and renew me again,
And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their impatience and despondency, and because of their forced labor.

Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,
And the end of joy may be grief.

Sorrow is better than laughter,
For when a face is sad (deep in thought) the heart may be happy [because it is growing in wisdom].

And the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you so angry? And why do you look annoyed?

She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi (sweetness); call me Mara (bitter), for the Almighty has caused me great grief and bitterness.

They [who have escaped and remain] raise their voices, they shout for joy;
They rejoice from the [Mediterranean] Sea in the majesty of the Lord.

But Gideon said to Him, “Please Lord, how am I to rescue Israel? Behold, my family is the least [significant] in Manasseh, and I am the youngest (smallest) in my father’s house.”

He shall examine the mark, and if the mark on the walls of the house has greenish or reddish depressions and appears deeper than the surface,

One night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, “Do not be afraid anymore, but go on speaking and do not be silent;

“And now my soul is poured out within me;
The days of affliction have seized me.

I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you sudden terror, consumption, and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to languish also. And you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat what you plant.

“For the Lord has called you,
Like a wife who has been abandoned, grieved in spirit,
And like a wife [married] in her youth when she is [later] rejected and scorned,”
Says your God.

Rejoice always and delight in your faith;

For oppression makes a wise man foolish,
And a bribe corrupts the [good judgment of the] heart.

I will put them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of his servants. Afterward Egypt will be inhabited as in the days of old,” says the Lord.

Everyone who was suffering hardship, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him; and he became captain over them. There were about four hundred men with him.

But he himself traveled a day’s journey into the wilderness, and he came and sat down under a juniper tree and asked [God] that he might die. He said, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”

The spirit of a man sustains him in sickness,
But as for a broken spirit, who can bear it?