9 Bible Verses about Despair
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We are afflicted in every way, but are not crushed; [we are] perplexed, but not to the point of despair;
For we want you to know, brothers, about the trouble that we experienced in Asia. [See I Cor. 16:19]. We were under a heavy burden [which was] more than we could stand, even to the point of despairing of life.
[we are] persecuted, but are not deserted [by God]; [we are] struck down, but are not destroyed.
So instead, you people should [now] forgive and comfort him, in order that such a person does not become overwhelmed with extreme grief.
Actually, we felt within us that we had [already] received a death sentence, so that we could [learn] not to trust in ourselves but in God, who raises the dead.
He has rescued us from a serious threat of death and He will do it again. We have placed our hope in Him, that He will also continue to rescue us,
For this is what we boast of: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you, in holiness and godly sincerity, not with human wisdom, but with the favor of God.
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Despair » General references to
And in those days people will be looking for death, but they will not find it; and they will want to die, but death will elude them.
Despair » Leads men to desire death
Despair » Sometimes drives men to suicide
(Now this man [Judas] paid for [in a sense] a [burial] field with the reward money he had received for his sinful act [of betraying Jesus, See Matt. 27:3-10]. [Then, some time after Judas hanged himself, See Matt. 27:5] he fell down headlong, [his swollen body] bursting so that his intestines gushed out.
And he threw down the thirty silver coins in the Sanctuary [i.e., probably the outer area of the Temple], then left and went out and hanged himself.
Despair » Produced in the wicked by divine judgments
Despair » Leads to » Blasphemy
And the fifth [angel] poured out his bowl on the throne of the [first] beast [See 13:2], and darkness fell over his kingdom. And they [See verse 2] chewed their tongues in agony, and they cursed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores. But they [still] refused to repent of their [evil] deeds.
Despair » Leads to » Continuing in sin
Despair » Saints sometimes tempted to
Despair » Trust in God, a preservative against
Despair » Saints enabled to overcome
We are afflicted in every way, but are not crushed; [we are] perplexed, but not to the point of despair; [we are] persecuted, but are not deserted [by God]; [we are] struck down, but are not destroyed.
Despair » Exemplified » Cain
Despair » Shall seize upon the wicked at the appearing of Christ
And they called out to the mountains, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of God, who sits on His throne, and from the anger of the Lamb.
Despair » Exemplified » Ahithophel
Despair » Exemplified » Judas
And he threw down the thirty silver coins in the Sanctuary [i.e., probably the outer area of the Temple], then left and went out and hanged himself.
Topics on Despair
Despair, Description Of
Revelation 9:6And in those days people will be looking for death, but they will not find it; and they will want to die, but death will elude them.
Despair, Remedies For
1 Corinthians 10:13Every temptation that you have experienced is one that commonly happens to people. But God is dependable and will not allow you to be tempted beyond your ability [to cope with it]; [instead] He will provide, along with the temptation, also a way of escaping [it], so you people will be able to endure it.
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