45 Bible Verses about Despair
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We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;
He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself.
Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind?
I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living!
so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
So I turned about and gave my heart up to despair over all the toil of my labors under the sun,
Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
I have not run away from being your shepherd, nor have I desired the day of sickness. You know what came out of my lips; it was before your face.
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
to grant to those who mourn in Zion-- to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified.
He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation
Moreover, he said to me, "Son of man, behold, I will break the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay.
But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity of the innocent.
Reproaches have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.
In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
Wait for the LORD; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the LORD!
from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I,
For the day is near, the day of the LORD is near; it will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations.
The workers in combed flax will be in despair, and the weavers of white cotton.
And about the time of her death the women attending her said to her, "Do not be afraid, for you have borne a son." But she did not answer or pay attention.
Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.
For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
And there I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth, as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt.
Then David said in his heart, "Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand."
and my God.My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
so I say, "My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the LORD."
For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before me, and the breath of life that I made.
And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink water in dismay. In this way her land will be stripped of all it contains, on account of the violence of all those who dwell in it.
"Have you entered into the springs of the sea, or walked in the recesses of the deep?
Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me!
And among these nations you shall find no respite, and there shall be no resting place for the sole of your foot, but the LORD will give you there a trembling heart and failing eyes and a languishing soul.
The great day of the LORD is near, near and hastening fast; the sound of the day of the LORD is bitter; the mighty man cries aloud there.
From Thematic Bible
Despair » General references to
And in those days people will seek death and will not find it. They will long to die, but death will flee from them.
Moses spoke thus to the people of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses, because of their broken spirit and harsh slavery.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and come to their end without hope.
so I say, "My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the LORD."
Despair » Leads men to desire death
If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness."
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, "It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers."
who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family in all the places where I have driven them, declares the LORD of hosts.
Despair » Sometimes drives men to suicide
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
(Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.
And when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king's house and burned the king's house over him with fire and died,
And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.
Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and mistreat me." But his armor-bearer would not, for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword and fell upon it.
Despair » Produced in the wicked by divine judgments
In the morning you shall say, 'If only it were evening!' and at evening you shall say, 'If only it were morning!' because of the dread that your heart shall feel, and the sights that your eyes shall see.
Despair » Leads to » Blasphemy
They will pass through the land, greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against their king and their God, and turn their faces upward.
The fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness. People gnawed their tongues in anguish and cursed the God of heaven for their pain and sores. They did not repent of their deeds.
Despair » Leads to » Continuing in sin
Keep your feet from going unshod and your throat from thirst. But you said, 'It is hopeless, for I have loved foreigners, and after them I will go.'
"But they say, 'That is in vain! We will follow our own plans, and will every one act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.'
Despair » Saints sometimes tempted to
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and come to their end without hope.
so I say, "My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the LORD."
Despair » Trust in God, a preservative against
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation
Despair » Saints enabled to overcome
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
Despair » Exemplified » Cain
Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."
Despair » Shall seize upon the wicked at the appearing of Christ
calling to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,
Despair » Exemplified » Ahithophel
When Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and went off home to his own city. He set his house in order and hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his father.
Despair » Exemplified » Judas
And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed, and he went and hanged himself.
Topics on Despair
Despair, Description Of
Psalm 42:5Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation
Despair, Remedies For
Psalm 42:5Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation
