Thematic Bible: Despondency
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Despondency » David
O my God, my soul is cast down within me. Therefore I remember thee from the land of the Jordan, and the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.
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I sink in deep mire where there is no standing. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
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When I thought how I might understand this, it was too painful for me,
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By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
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Despondency » Comfort in
And he also spoke a parable to them about it being necessary to always pray, and not to give up, saying, In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God, and did not regard man. And a widow was in that city, and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of my opponent. read more.
And for a time he would not, but after these things he said within himself, Although I fear not God, and regard not man, yet because this widow causes me a beating, I will avenge her, lest by no end of coming she give me a black eye. And the Lord said, Hear ye what the unrighteous judge says. And God, will he, no, not do the vengeance of his chosen who cry out to him day and night, and yet being patient toward them? I say to you, that he will do their vengeance speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he then find faith on the earth?
And for a time he would not, but after these things he said within himself, Although I fear not God, and regard not man, yet because this widow causes me a beating, I will avenge her, lest by no end of coming she give me a black eye. And the Lord said, Hear ye what the unrighteous judge says. And God, will he, no, not do the vengeance of his chosen who cry out to him day and night, and yet being patient toward them? I say to you, that he will do their vengeance speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he then find faith on the earth?
Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to those who are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not. Behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [with] the recompense of God. He will come and save you.
Therefore lift up the drooping hands, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be turned away, but may be healed instead.
Despondency » Jeremiah
Woe is me, my mother, that thou have bore me, a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, nor have men lent to me, [yet] every one of them curses me.
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Woe is me! For I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat. My soul desires the first ripe fig.
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Despondency » Job
My soul is weary of my life. I will give free reign to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.
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Despondency » Instances of » moses » When sent on his mission to the israelites
And Moses spoke before LORD, saying, Behold, the sons of Israel have not hearkened to me, how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?
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And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken to my voice, for they will say, LORD has not appeared to thee.
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And Moses said to LORD, Oh, LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou have spoken to thy servant, for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.
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And he said, Oh, LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou will send.
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Despondency » moses
And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight, and let me not see my wretchedness.
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Despondency » Elijah
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. And he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough, now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my
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Despondency » Instances of » Hagar, when cast out of the household of abraham on account of the jealousy of sarah
And the water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. And she went, and sat herself down opposite him a good way off, as it were a bowshot. For she said, Let me not look upon the death of the child. And she sat opposite him, and the child lifted up its voice, and wept.
Despondency » Instances of » Cain, when God pronounced judgment upon him for the murder of abel
And Cain said to LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, thou have driven me out this day from the face of the ground, and I shall be hid from thy face, and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth. And it shall come to pass, that whoever finds me shall slay me.
Despondency » The disciples
And he said to them, What are these words that ye toss back to each other, while walking and are looking sad.
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Despondency » Joshua
And Joshua said, Alas, O lord LORD, why have thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? Would that we had been content and dwelt beyond the Jordan!
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Despondency » Instances of » Jonah after he had preached to the ninevites
Therefore now, O LORD, I beseech thee, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.
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And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live
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Despondency » Instances of » Elijah, when he fled from jezebel to the wilderness and sat under the juniper tree, and wanted to die
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. And he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough, now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my
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Despondency » Instances of » The sailors with paul
And when neither sun nor stars appeared for more days, and no small storm laying on, all remaining hope for us to be saved was taken away.
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Despondency » Instances of » moses » At the red sea
And LORD said to Moses, Why do thou cry to me? Speak to the sons of Israel, that they go forward.
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Despondency » Instances of » moses » People » Craving
And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight, and let me not see my wretchedness.
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Despondency » Instances of » The israelites, on account of the cruel oppressions of the egyptians
And Moses spoke so to the sons of Israel, but they did not hearken to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
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