48 Bible Verses about Depression

I am bent over and bowed down very low. All day I walk around in sadness.

Nevertheless he who comforts the lowly, even God, comforted us by the coming of Titus.

A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance. The spirit is broken by sorrow of the heart.

Give strong drink to him who is ready to perish, and wine to those who are bitter.

I am very discouraged. That is why I will remember you in the land of Jordan, on the peaks of Hermon, on Mount Mizar.

In much wisdom there is much grief for he who increases knowledge increases pain.

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

You will be established in righteousness. Tyranny will be far from you. You will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed and it will not come near you.

Answer me quickly, O Jehovah for my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will become like those who go down to the pit.

Remember and bow (bend) (come down to my level) down deep within me.

The king said to me: Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? This is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear.

Why am I in despair? Why am I so deeply disturbed within me? I will put my hope in God, for I will praise him as my salvation and my God.

Anxiety in the heart of man make it heavy, but a good word makes it glad.

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

Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He took his servant and went to Beersheba in Judah. He left the servant there.

Why am I in despair? Why have I become disturbed within me? Wait for God for I shall yet praise him, the help of my countenance and my God.

Stretching himself on the earth, he went to sleep under the broom-plant. An angel touched him and said: Get up and eat some food.

Whenever the distressing spirit from God bothered Saul, David would play his harp. Saul would relax and feel better. The distressing spirit would go away.

Elijah finished speaking. Ahab tore his clothes and took them off. He dressed in sackcloth. He refused food (fasted) and slept in the sackcloth. He was gloomy and depressed.

It is written, he shall give his angels charge concerning you to guard you.

He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee with him. He was sorrowful and very troubled.

Jehovah's Spirit left Saul, and a distressing spirit sent by Jehovah tormented him.

He did not look with favor on Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face was downcast (he had a bad attitude).

You who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

Moses reported this to the Israelites. But they would not listen to him. For they were so discouraged by their backbreaking work.

Even in laughter the heart has pain; and joy may end in grief.

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness the appearance of the heart is made better.

Jehovah said to Cain: Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?

She said: Do not call me Naomi (meaning pleasant). Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter.

They raise their voices and shout for joy. From the west they acclaim Jehovah's majesty.

Gideon replied: But Jehovah, how can I rescue Israel? My clan is the weakest in the tribe of Manasseh. I am the least important member of my family.

He will examine the mildew area on the walls. If it is green and red in sunken areas that are deeper than the rest of the wall,

The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision: Do not be afraid, but speak. Do not keep silent!

Now I am poured out, the days of affliction have taken hold of me.

then this is what I will do to you: I will terrorize you with disease and fever. You will suffer from eye problems and depression. You will plant your crops and get nothing because your enemies will eat them.

Jehovah will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit; a wife, who married young, only to be rejected, says your God.

Rejoice always.

Oppression makes a wise man foolish (emotionally unstable) (mentally ill) and a bribe destroys the heart.

I will hand them over to those who want to kill them, to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his officers. Afterward, they will live in peace as they did long ago,'declares Jehovah.

A lot of other people joined him too. Some were in trouble. Others were angry or in debt. David was soon the leader of four hundred men.

Elijah walked a whole day into the wilderness. He stopped and sat down under a broom plant and wished he would die. It is just too much, Jehovah, he prayed. Take away my life. I could just as well be dead.

The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness. So who can tolerate a wounded spirit?