48 Bible Verses about Depression
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Give beer to one who is dying
and wine to one whose life is bitter.
I am deeply depressed;
therefore I remember You from the land of Jordan
and the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
and you will be established
on a foundation of righteousness.
You will be far from oppression,
you will certainly not be afraid;
you will be far from terror,
it will certainly not come near you.
Answer me quickly, Lord;
my spirit fails.
Don’t hide Your face from me,
or I will be like those
going down to the Pit.
so the king said to me, “Why are you sad, when you aren’t sick? This is nothing but depression.”
I was overwhelmed with fear
Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.
Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down,
but a good word cheers it up.
Then Elijah became afraid and immediately ran for his life. When he came to Beer-sheba that belonged to Judah, he left his servant there,
Why am I so depressed?
Why this turmoil within me?
Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him,
my Savior and my God.
Then he lay down and slept under the broom tree.
Suddenly, an angel touched him. The angel told him, “Get up and eat.”
Whenever the spirit from God troubled Saul, David would pick up his lyre and play, and Saul would then be relieved, feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth over his body, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around subdued.
Taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.
Now the Spirit of the Lord had left Saul, and an evil spirit sent from the Lord began to torment him,
but He did not have regard for Cain and his offering. Cain was furious, and he looked despondent.
You caused me to experience
many troubles and misfortunes,
but You will revive me again.
You will bring me up again,
even from the depths of the earth.
Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their broken spirit and hard labor.
Grief is better than laughter,
for when a face is sad, a heart may be glad.
“Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara,” she answered, “for the Almighty has made me very bitter.
They raise their voices, they sing out;
they proclaim in the west
the majesty of the Lord.
He said to Him, “Please, Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Look, my family is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father’s house.”
He will examine it, and if the contamination in the walls of the house consists of green or red indentations that appear to be beneath the surface of the wall,
Then the Lord said to Paul in a night vision, “Don’t be afraid, but keep on speaking and don’t be silent.
then I will do this to you: I will bring terror on you—wasting disease and fever that will cause your eyes to fail and your life to ebb away. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.
For the Lord has called you,
like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit,
a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,”
says your God.
Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool,
and a bribe destroys the mind.
I will hand them over to those who want to take their lives—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, it will be inhabited again as in ancient times.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.
In addition, every man who was desperate, in debt, or discontented rallied around him, and he became their leader. About 400 men were with him.
but he went on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. He said, “I have had enough! Lord, take my life, for I’m no better than my fathers.”
Topics on Depression
Adolescent Depression
Philippians 3:13Brothers, I do not
Anxiety And Depression
Proverbs 12:25
but a good word cheers it up.
Depression, Causes
2 Corinthians 1:8For we don’t want you to be unaware, brothers, of our affliction that took place in Asia:
Depression, Solutions To
Isaiah 26:3
in perfect peace,
for it is trusting in You.
Depression, Symptoms
Numbers 11:15If You are going to treat me like this, please kill me right now.
Loneliness And Depression
Ecclesiastes 1:18
as knowledge increases, grief increases.