17 Bible Verses about Anxiety And Depression

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Anxiety in a person's heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy.

Don't be afraid, for I am with you! Don't be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you -- yes, I help you -- yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!

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Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting.

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But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.

A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

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And I was with you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling.

A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.

When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy.

by casting all your cares on him because he cares for you.

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let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more.

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So the king said to me, "Why do you appear to be depressed when you aren't sick? What can this be other than sadness of heart?" This made me very fearful.

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So whenever the spirit from God would come upon Saul, David would take his lyre and play it. This would bring relief to Saul and make him feel better. Then the evil spirit would leave him alone.

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For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way -- struggles from the outside, fears from within.

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