48 Bible Verses about Depression

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that are of heavy hearts.

O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like them that go down into the pit.

My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me.

Wherefore the king said to me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very greatly afraid,

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Heaviness in the heart of man depresseth it: but a good word maketh it glad.

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

And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

And as he lay and slept under a juniper-tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat.

And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took a harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

For it is written, He will give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

And he took with him Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

But to Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

Thou, who hast shown me great and severe troubles, wilt revive me again, and wilt bring me again from the depths of the earth.

And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel: but they hearkened not to Moses, by reason of anguish of spirit, and cruel bondage.

Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

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

And the LORD said to Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

And she said to them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.

And he said to him, O my Lord, by what means shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

And he shall look on the plague, and behold, if the plague is in the walls of the house, with hollow streaks, greenish, or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall;

Then the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

I also will do this to you, I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

Rejoice evermore.

Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart.

And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD.

And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, resorted to him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?