9 Bible Verses about Despair
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On every side I am hard pressed, yet not hemmed in; perplexed, but not in despair;
Now, brothers, I want you to know about the troubles which befell me in Asia; how I was burdened altogether beyond my strength, so that I renounced all hope even of life itself.
so that now you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest he should be overwhelmed by the excess of his grief.
Indeed, I had in myself, and still have, the sentence of death, in order that I might not rely on myself, but on God who raises the dead to life.
He delivered me from such a death, and will deliver me. On him I have set my hopes that he will continue to deliver me,
For this is my proud boast, the testimony of my conscience, that it was in holiness and with pure motives before God, not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God, that I have conducted myself in the world, and above all in my relations with you.
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Despair » General references to
In those days men will seek death, and will not find it; they will long to die, but death ever flees from them.
Despair » Leads men to desire death
Despair » Sometimes drives men to suicide
"Now this man bought a plot of ground with the price of his treachery, and falling there headlong he burst asunder and all his bowels gushed out.
And flinging down the silver into the Sanctuary, he rushed out, and went and hanged himself.
Despair » Produced in the wicked by divine judgments
Despair » Leads to » Blasphemy
And the fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became darkened, and men gnawed their tongues for pain, and they blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains and their sores; yet of their deeds they did not repent.
Despair » Leads to » Continuing in sin
Despair » Saints sometimes tempted to
Despair » Trust in God, a preservative against
Despair » Saints enabled to overcome
On every side I am hard pressed, yet not hemmed in; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
Despair » Exemplified » Cain
Despair » Shall seize upon the wicked at the appearing of Christ
And they began to say to the mountains and to the rocks. "Fall upon us and hide us From the face of him who is seated upon the throne, And from the wrath of the Lamb;
Despair » Exemplified » Ahithophel
Despair » Exemplified » Judas
And flinging down the silver into the Sanctuary, he rushed out, and went and hanged himself.
Topics on Despair
Despair, Description Of
Revelation 9:6In those days men will seek death, and will not find it; they will long to die, but death ever flees from them.
Despair, Remedies For
1 Corinthians 10:13No temptation has overtaken you that is beyond man's power; but God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but will, with every temptation, provide the way of escape also, so that you may be able to withstand.
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