7 Bible Verses about Bad News

He is not afraid of bad news; his heart [is] steadfast, secure in Yahweh.

And they presented the report of the land that they explored to the {Israelites}, saying, "The land that we went through to explore [is] a land that eats its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in its midst [are] {men of great size}.

lest he who hears shame you and your ill repute will not end.

Look! you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands to destroy them, and you--shall you be delivered?

We have heard news of it, our hands grow slack, anxiety has grasped us, pain as a [woman who] gives birth.

{And then} when they say to you, 'On account of what [are] you groaning?' then you must say, 'On account of [the] report, for it [is] coming, and every heart will be weak and all hands will hang limp and every spirit will be disheartened, and all knees will go [like] water.' Look! It [is] coming, and it will happen!" {declares} the Lord Yahweh.

But reports will terrify him from [the] east and from [the] north, and he will go out with great fury to destroy and [to] exterminate many.