Thematic Bible: Despondency
Thematic Bible
Despondency » David
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.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
There we sat down by the rivers of Babylon; also, we wept when we remembered Zion.
Despondency » Comfort in
And He also spoke a parable to them to teach it is always right to pray, and not to faint, saying, A certain judge was in a certain city, not fearing God, nor respecting man. And a widow was in that city. And she came to Him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary. read more.
And he would not do so for a time. But afterward he said within himself, Though I do not fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, that she not wear me down in the end. And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge says. And shall not God avenge His own elect who cry day and night to Him, though He has been long-suffering over them? I say to you that He will avenge them speedily. Yet when the Son of Man comes, shall He find faith on the earth?
And he would not do so for a time. But afterward he said within himself, Though I do not fear God nor regard man, yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, that she not wear me down in the end. And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge says. And shall not God avenge His own elect who cry day and night to Him, though He has been long-suffering over them? I say to you that He will avenge them speedily. Yet when the Son of Man comes, shall He find faith on the earth?
Make the weak hands strong and make the feeble knees sure. Say to those of a hasty heart, Be strong, fear not; behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the full dealing of God. He will come and save you.
Because of this, straighten up the hands which hang down and the enfeebled knees. And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way, but let it rather be healed.
Despondency » Jeremiah
Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not loaned, nor have men loaned to me; yet every one curses me.
Woe is me! For I am like the gatherings of summer fruits, like the grape-gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat; my soul desires the first-ripe fruit.
Despondency » Job
My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint on my self; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
For my life is ending with grief, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones have wasted away.
Despondency » Instances of » moses » When sent on his mission to the israelites
And Moses spoke before Jehovah, saying, Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me. How then shall Pharaoh hear me, since I have lips that are not circumcised?
And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me nor listen to my voice. For they will say, Jehovah has not appeared to you.
And Moses said to Jehovah, O my Lord, I am not a man of words now, nor since You have spoken to Your servant, but I am slow of speech and of a slow tongue.
And he said, O my Lord, I pray You, send by the hand of him whom You will send.
Despondency » moses
And if You are going to part this way with me, I beg You to kill me at once, if I have found favor in Your sight, and let me not see my misery.
Despondency » Elijah
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.
Despondency » Instances of » Hagar, when cast out of the household of abraham on account of the jealousy of sarah
And the water was gone in the bottle, and she cast the boy under one of the shrubs. And she went and sat down across from him, a good way off, about a bowshot. For she said, Let me not see the death of the boy. And she sat across from him, and lifted up her voice, and cried.
Despondency » Instances of » Cain, when God pronounced judgment upon him for the murder of abel
And Cain said to Jehovah, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold! You have driven me out from the face of the earth today, and I shall be hidden from Your face. And I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth, and it shall be that anyone who finds me shall kill me.
Despondency » The disciples
And He said to them, What words are these that you have with one another as you walk, and are so sad?
Despondency » Joshua
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, why have You at all brought this people over Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? And, oh that we had been content and lived on the other side Jordan!
Despondency » Instances of » Jonah after he had preached to the ninevites
And now, O Jehovah, I beseech You, take my life from me. For better is my death than my life.
And it happened when the sun shone, God ordained a scorching east wind. And the sun beat on the head of Jonah, so that he fainted. And he asked for his life to die. And he said, Better is my death than my life.
Despondency » Instances of » Elijah, when he fled from jezebel to the wilderness and sat under the juniper tree, and wanted to die
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.
Despondency » Instances of » The sailors with paul
And neither sun nor stars appearing in many days, and no small tempest pressing hard, now all hope that we would be saved was taken away.
Despondency » Instances of » moses » At the red sea
And Jehovah said to Moses, Why do you cry to Me? Speak to the sons of Israel, that they go forward.
Despondency » Instances of » moses » People » Craving » Meat
And if You are going to part this way with me, I beg You to kill me at once, if I have found favor in Your sight, and let me not see my misery.
Despondency » Instances of » The israelites, on account of the cruel oppressions of the egyptians
And Moses said so to the sons of Israel. But they did not listen to Moses through anguish of spirit and through cruel bondage.