48 Bible Verses about Depression

I have been bent down, I have been bowed down -- unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.

but He who is comforting the cast-down -- God -- He did comfort us in the presence of Titus;

A joyful heart maketh glad the face, And by grief of heart is the spirit smitten.

Give strong drink to the perishing, And wine to the bitter in soul,

In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

for, in abundance of wisdom is abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.'

A rejoicing heart doth good to the body, And a smitten spirit drieth the bone.

In righteousness thou establishest thyself, Be far from oppression, for thou fearest not, And from ruin, for it cometh not near unto thee.

Haste, answer me, O Jehovah, My spirit hath been consumed, Hide not Thou Thy face from me, Or I have been compared with those going down to the pit.

Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.

and the king saith to me, 'Wherefore is thy face sad, and thou not sick? this is nothing except sadness of heart;' and I fear very much,

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

Sorrow in the heart of a man boweth down, And a good word maketh him glad.

and I, in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, was with you;

And he feareth, and riseth, and goeth for his life, and cometh in to Beer-Sheba, that is Judah's, and leaveth his young man there,

What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? And what! art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God!

And he lieth down and sleepeth under a certain retem-tree, and lo, a messenger cometh against him, and saith to him, 'Rise, eat;'

And it hath come to pass, in the spirit of sadness from God being on Saul, that David hath taken the harp, and played with his hand, and Saul hath refreshment and gladness, and the spirit of sadness hath turned aside from off him.

And it cometh to pass, at Ahab's hearing these words, that he rendeth his garments, and putteth sackcloth on his flesh, and fasteth, and lieth in sackcloth, and goeth gently.

for it hath been written -- To His messengers He will give charge concerning thee, to guard over thee,

And having taken Peter, and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful, and to be very heavy;

And the Spirit of Jehovah turned aside from Saul, and a spirit of sadness from Jehovah terrified him;

and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.

Because Thou hast showed me many and sad distresses, Thou turnest back -- Thou revivest me, And from the depths of the earth, Thou turnest back -- Thou bringest me up.

And Moses speaketh so unto the sons of Israel, and they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for harsh service.

Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy is affliction.

Better is sorrow than laughter, For by the sadness of the face the heart becometh better.

And Jehovah saith unto Cain, 'Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen?

And she saith unto them, 'Call me not Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly to me,

They -- they lift up their voice, They sing of the excellency of Jehovah, They have cried aloud from the sea.

And he saith unto him, 'O, my lord, wherewith do I save Israel? lo, my chief is weak in Manasseh, and I the least in the house of my father.'

and he hath seen the plague, and lo, the plague is in the walls of the house, hollow strakes, very green or very red, and their appearance is lower than the wall,

And the Lord said through a vision in the night to Paul, 'Be not afraid, but be speaking and thou mayest be not silent;

And now, in me my soul poureth itself out, Seize me do days of affliction.

I also do this to you, and I have appointed over you trouble, the consumption, and the burning fever, consuming eyes, and causing pain of soul; and your seed in vain ye have sowed, and your enemies have eaten it;

For, as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, Called thee hath Jehovah, Even a youthful wife when she is refused, said thy God.

always rejoice ye;

Surely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.

And I have given them into the hand of those seeking their life, And into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of his servants, And afterwards it is inhabited, As in days of old -- an affirmation of Jehovah.

and gather themselves unto him do every man in distress, and every man who hath an exactor, and every man bitter in soul, and he is over them for head, and there are with him about four hundred men.

and he himself hath gone into the wilderness a day's Journey, and cometh and sitteth under a certain retem-tree, and desireth his soul to die, and saith, 'Enough, now, O Jehovah, take my soul, for I am not better than my fathers.'

The spirit of a man sustaineth his sickness, And a smitten spirit who doth bear?