13 Bible Verses about Depression, Symptoms

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.

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.

And he said, I have been very jealous for LORD, the God of hosts. For the sons of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword. And I, even I only, am left, and they seek my lif

Why are thou cast down, O my soul? And [why] are thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him [for] the help of his countenance.

My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is [ready] for me.

And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest. Lo, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah. I would hasten myself to a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest.

My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me, far from helping me, [and] the words of my groaning?

He sent from on high, he took me. He drew me out of many waters.

LORD is near to those who are of a broken heart, and saves such as are of a contrite spirit.

A cheerful heart is a good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Thou have shown thy people hard things. Thou have made us to drink the wine of staggering.

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them the light has shone.

And gladness and joy is taken away from the fruitful field and from the land of Moab. And I have caused wine to cease from the winepresses. None shall tread with shouting. The shouting shall be no shouting.