48 Bible Verses about Depression

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

But He who comforts the lowly comforted us by the coming of Titus.

A merry heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to those who are of heavy hearts.

O my God, my soul is cast down within me; therefore I will remember You from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermons, from mount Mizar.

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

A merry heart does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression; for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

Hear me quickly, O Jehovah; my spirit fails; do not hide Your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the Pit.

My soul vividly remembers and bows down on me.

And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid.

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you moan within me? Hope in God; for I still praise Him, the salvation of my face, 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 he saw, he rose and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba of Judah, and left his servant there.

Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why do you moan within me? Hope in God; for I still praise Him, the salvation of my face, and my God.

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

And it happened when the spirit from God was on Saul, that David took a harp and played with his hand. And there was relief for Saul, and it was well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him.

And it happened when Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth and walked softly.

For it is written, "He shall give His angels charge over You, to keep You;

And He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with Him, and He began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

But the spirit of Jehovah departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Jehovah terrified him.

but He did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain glowed with anger, and his face fell.

who has shown me great and evil distresses; You will turn me; You will make me live. You will turn me from the depths of the earth, You will bring me up.

And Moses said so to the sons of Israel. But they did not listen to Moses through anguish of spirit and through cruel bondage.

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

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

And Jehovah said to Cain, Why have you angrily glowed? And why did your face fall?

And she said to them, Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara. For the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of Jehovah, they shall cry aloud from the sea.

And he said to him, O, 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 behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall,

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

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

I will also do this to you: I will even appoint terror over you, consumption, and burning fever, consuming the eyes and causing sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

For Jehovah has called you as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when you were rejected, says your God.

Rejoice evermore.

Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a bribe destroys the heart.

and I will deliver 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. And afterward it will be inhabited, as in the days of old, says Jehovah.

And every man in distress, and every man who had a creditor, and every man bitter of soul, gathered themselves to him. And he became commander over them. And about four hundred men were with him.

And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he begged for his life, that he might die. And he said, It is enough. O Jehovah, take away my life. For I am no better than my fathers.

The spirit of a man will nourish his sickness, but a wounded spirit who can bear?