10 Bible Verses about Disappointments

We waited for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but instead there was terror.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grieves his mother.

Delayed hope makes the heart ill, but fulfilled longing is a tree of life.

Our eyes failed, searching in vain for hope; we kept watching and looking for a nation that would not help.

"These bones represent the entire house of Israel," the LORD explained to me. "Look how they keep saying, "Our bones are dried up, and our future is lost. We've been completely eliminated!'

I have hoped for good, but evil came instead; I have hoped for light, but darkness came.

Why is my pain unending and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You are like a deceptive brook, whose waters cannot be depended on.

Job neither sinned nor charged God with wrongdoing in all of this.

Greatly displeased, Jonah flew into a rage. So he prayed to the LORD, "LORD, isn't this what I said while I was still in my home country? That's why I fled previously to Tarshish, because I knew you're a compassionate God, slow to anger, overflowing with gracious love, and reluctant to send trouble. Therefore, LORD, please kill me, because it's better for me to die than to live!"