7 Bible Verses about Despondency, Causes Of

Jacob tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. He mourned for his son a long time. All his sons and daughters came to comfort him. However, he refused to be comforted. He said: I will go down to the grave still mourning for my son. So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph.

King Hezekiah of Judah wrote this after he was sick and became well again: I thought that in the prime of my life I would go down to the gates of the grave and be robbed of the rest of my life. I thought that I would not see Jehovah in this world. Even with all the people in the world, I thought I would never see another person.read more.
My life was over. You rolled it up like a shepherd's tent. You rolled up my life like a weaver. You cut me off from the loom. You ended my life in one day.

To the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excess sorrow.

Nahshon, son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah brought his gifts on the first day. He brought a silver plate that weighed three and one fourth pounds and a silver bowl that weighed one and three quarter pounds using the standard weight of the holy place. Each dish was filled with flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering.

When we came to Macedonia our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side, fighting on the outside and fears on the inside. Nevertheless he who comforts the lowly, even God, comforted us by the coming of Titus.

The king was shaken by the news. He went to the room above the gate and cried. My son Absalom! He said. My son, my son Absalom! I wish I had died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!

Your hearts will pound with fear at everything you see. Every morning you will wish for evening. Every evening you will wish for morning.