48 Bible Verses about Depression

I am bowed down; I am bent over greatly. All the day I go about mourning.

But God, who comforts the humble, comforted us by the coming of Titus,

A heart of gladness will make good {countenance}, but in sorrow of heart a spirit is broken.

Give strong drink to him who is perishing, and wine to those {in bitter distress}.

O my God, within me my soul is {in despair}; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and the heights of Hermon, from the mountain of Mizar.

For in much wisdom [is] much frustration, and whoever increases knowledge increases sorrow.

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a downcast spirit will dry out bones.

In righteousness you shall be established. Be far from oppression, for you shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

Quickly answer me, O Yahweh; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me, or I will become like [those] descending to [the] pit.

Surely my soul remembers and bows down within me.

So the king said to me, "Why is your face sad since you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of the heart." And I was very much afraid.

Why are you {in despair}, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I will again praise him, {my salvation} and my God.

Anxiety in the heart of a man will weigh him down, but a good word will cheer him.

And I came to you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling,

Then he became afraid, got up, and {fled for his life}. He came [to] Beersheba which belongs to Judah, and he left his servant there.

Why are you {in despair}, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, because I shall again praise him, {my salvation} and my God.

He lay down and fell asleep under a certain broom tree, and suddenly this angel [was] touching him and said to him, "Get up, eat!"

So whenever the [evil] spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the stringed instrument and play it with his hand. Then {it would bring relief} for Saul; {he would feel better} and the evil spirit would depart from him.

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth over his flesh, fasted, lay in the sackcloth, and went about dejectedly.

for it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,'

And taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be distressed and troubled.

Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul and an evil spirit from Yahweh tormented him.

but to Cain and to his offering he did not look with favor. And Cain became very angry, and his face fell.

You who have caused me to see many troubles and evils, you will again revive me. And from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

And Moses spoke thus to the {Israelites}, but they did not listen to Moses, because of {discouragement} and because of hard work.

Even in laughter, a heart may be sad, and the end of joy [may be] grief.

Sorrow [is] better than laughter, for by sadness of countenance the heart is made good.

And Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why is your face fallen?

And she said to them, "You should not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for Shaddai has {caused me to be very bitter}.

They lift up their voices; they sing for joy; they shout out from [the] west over the majesty of Yahweh.

He said to him, "Excuse me, my lord. How will I deliver Israel? Look, my clan [is] the weakest in Manasseh, and I [am] the youngest in my father's house."

And he shall examine the infection, and {if} the infection on the house's wall [has] yellowish-green or reddish spots and its appearance [is] deeper than [the surface of] the wall,

And the Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not keep silent,

"And now my life is poured out onto me; days of misery have taken hold of me.

I {in turn} will do this to you: then I will summon onto you horror, the wasting disease, and the fever that wastes eyes and that drains away life; and you shall sow your seed {in vain}, and your enemies shall eat it.

For Yahweh has called you like a wife forsaken and hurt of spirit, like [the] wife of childhood when she is rejected, says your God.

Rejoice always,

Surely oppression makes a fool of the wise, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

And I will give them into the hand of the seekers of their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and into the hand of his troops. But {afterward} it will [be] inhabited, as [in] days of old," {declares} Yahweh.

Every man in distress and every man who had a creditor and every embittered man gathered to him, and he became {their commander}. Now there [were] about four hundred men with him.

Then he went into the wilderness one day's journey, and he went and sat under a certain broom tree. Then {he asked Yahweh that he might die}, and he said, "It is enough now, Yahweh; take my life, for I am no better than my ancestors."

The spirit of a man will endure his sickness, but a broken spirit, who may bear it?