48 Bible Verses about Depression

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

Nevertheless God, who comforts the humble, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

A joyful heart makes a beautiful countenance, but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is abated.

Give beer unto him that is ready to perish and wine unto those that have heavy hearts.

O my God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore I will remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the mountain of Mizar.

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

A joyful heart shall do good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

With righteousness shalt thou be adorned: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear it; and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

Hear me speedily, O LORD; my spirit fails; hide not thy face from me lest I be like those that go down into the grave.

Zain My soul shall have them still in remembrance because it is humbled in me.

the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? This is nothing else but brokenness of heart. Then I was very sore afraid

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Wait for God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the saving health of my countenance and my God.

Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop: 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 departed to save his life and came to Beersheba, which is in Judah, and left his servant there.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Wait thou for God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the saving health of my countenance and my God.

And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him and said unto him, Arise and eat.

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

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

for it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee,

And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

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

but he did not look upon Cain and his present. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

Thou who hast caused me to see great and sore troubles, shalt return and quicken me and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

In this manner Moses spoke unto the sons of Israel, but they did not hearken unto Moses because of their anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.

Even in laughter, the scorner has pain in his heart, and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made whole.

Then the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

And she said unto 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 sing joyfully in the majesty of the LORD; they shall lift up their voice from the sea.

Then he replied unto him, Oh my Lord, with what shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

And he shall look on the plague, and if the plague is seen in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, which appear to be lower than the wall,

Then the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent,

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

I also will do this unto you: I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague that shall consume the eyes and torment the soul, and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

For as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit has the LORD called thee, and as a young woman who is put away, said thy God.

Always rejoice.

Surely oppression makes a wise man mad, and a gift destroys the heart.

And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their soul and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his slaves; and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.

And every one that was in distress and every one that was in debt and all whose souls were bitter gathered themselves unto him, and he became the captain over them, and there were about four hundred men with him.

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and desiring to die, he said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am not better than my fathers.

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