7 Bible Verses about Bad News

Mem He shall not be afraid of evil rumours; Nun his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the sons of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone through to spy it out, is a land that eats up its inhabitants; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.

lest he that hears it put thee to shame and thine infamy not turn away.

Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly, and shalt thou be delivered?

We have heard the fame thereof; our hands wax feeble; anguish has taken hold of us, and pain as of a woman in travail.

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Why criest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings that come; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint; and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it comes and shall be brought to pass, said the Lord GOD.

But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him; therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and to kill many.