48 Bible Verses about Depression

I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.

But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.

A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.

Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed;

I am depressed, so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan, from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

For with great wisdom comes great frustration; whoever increases his knowledge merely increases his heartache.

A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

You will be reestablished when I vindicate you. You will not experience oppression; indeed, you will not be afraid. You will not be terrified, for nothing frightening will come near you.

Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.

I continually think about this, and I am depressed.

So the king said to me, "Why do you appear to be depressed when you aren't sick? What can this be other than sadness of heart?" This made me very fearful.

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

Anxiety in a person's heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy.

And I was with you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling.

Elijah was afraid, so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there,

Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

He stretched out and fell asleep under the shrub. All of a sudden an angelic messenger touched him and said, "Get up and eat."

So whenever the spirit from God would come upon Saul, David would take his lyre and play it. This would bring relief to Saul and make him feel better. Then the evil spirit would leave him alone.

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected.

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

He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed.

Now the Spirit of the Lord had turned away from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.

but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. So Cain became very angry, and his expression was downcast.

Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!

Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and hard labor.

Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief.

Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart.

Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast?

But she replied to them, "Don't call me 'Naomi'! Call me 'Mara' because the Sovereign One has treated me very harshly.

They lift their voices and shout joyfully; they praise the majesty of the Lord in the west.

Gideon said to him, "But Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Just look! My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my family."

He is to examine the infection, and if the infection in the walls of the house consists of yellowish green or reddish eruptions, and it appears to be deeper than the surface of the wall,

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

"And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.

I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

"Indeed, the Lord will call you back like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression, like a young wife when she has been rejected," says your God.

Always rejoice,

Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool; likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart.

I will hand them over to Nebuchadnezzar and his troops, who want to kill them. But later on, people will live in Egypt again as they did in former times. I, the Lord, affirm it!"

All those who were in trouble or owed someone money or were discontented gathered around him, and he became their leader. He had about four hundred men with him.

while he went a day's journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub and asked the Lord to take his life: "I've had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I'm no better than my ancestors."

A person's spirit sustains him through sickness -- but who can bear a crushed spirit?