45 Bible Verses about Despair
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We are pressed (afflicted) (troubled) on every side, but not crushed. We are perplexed yet not to despair.
He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud and clay. He set my feet upon a rock and made me stand erect.
We do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction that began in Asia. We were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.
We are persecuted, yet not forsaken. We are struck down, yet not destroyed.
Do you mean to correct what I say? Do you treat the words of a despairing man as wind?
I believe that I will see the goodness of Jehovah in this world of the living.
To the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excess sorrow.
My heart turned to grief over all for which I had labored and all my wisdom under the sun.
Yes, we have had the sentence of death within ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.
Ever since I was young, I have been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair.
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.
I have not hurried away from being your shepherd. I have not longed for the day of destruction. You know what I used to say.
A despairing man should have the devotion of his friends, even though he forsakes his reverence for the Almighty.
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.
to present a garland, instead of ashes, to those who mourn in Zion, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and the mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. They will be called oaks of righteousness. They are the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified.
God delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver us. We have set our hope on him. He will deliver us!
Why am I discouraged? Why am I so restless? I put my hope in God for I will still praise him. He is my salvation and my God.
And he added: Mortal man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread for Jerusalem. The people there will be distressed and anxious as they measure out the food they eat and the water they drink.
There will be no more gloom for those who were suffering. In the past he humiliated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali. But in the future he will honor Galilee of the Nations, by the way of the sea, along the Jordan.
Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.
I called on Jehovah in my distress. I cried to my God for help. He heard my voice from his temple, and my cry for help reached his ears.
Hope (wait) (expect) (trust) in Jehovah and be strong. Let your heart be courageous. Yes, hope in Jehovah.
In despair and far from home I call to you! Take me to the rock that is my safe refuge,
The day is near. The Day of Jehovah is near. It will be a gloomy day, a time of trouble for the nations.
Those who work with combed flax will despair. The weavers of fine linen (and cotton) will lose hope.
She too was dying. The women helping her said: Do not be afraid. You have given birth to a son. But she did not answer or pay attention.
This is our pride and testimony of conscience. In holiness and Godly sincerity we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you. It was not by fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God.
It is joy to the righteous to do justice. Destruction will come to those who do evil.
I will give her vineyards from there and the valley of Achor for a door of hope. She will sing there as in the days of her youth and in the day when she came up out of Egypt.
David thought to himself: One of these days Saul will kill me. The best thing for me to do is escape to Philistia. Saul will give up looking for me in Israel. Then I will be safe.
I am very discouraged. That is why I will remember you in the land of Jordan, on the peaks of Hermon, on Mount Mizar.
For I will not contend (rebuke) forever! Nor will I always be angry! The spirit would fail before me, and those whom I have made.
Then say to the people of the land: 'The Lord Jehovah says concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel, They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with horror, because their land will be stripped of its fullness on account of the violence of all who live in it.
Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea or walked in the recesses of the deep?
Pay attention to my cry for help! I am very weak. Rescue me from those who pursue me because they are too strong for me.
You will find no peace among those nations. There will be no place to call your own. There Jehovah will give you an unsettled mind, failing eyesight, and despair.
The great Day of Jehovah is near. It is near and coming quickly. Listen! The mighty man will cry out bitterly on the Day of Jehovah.
From Thematic Bible
Despair » General references to
Men will seek death in those days and will not find it. They will desire to die and death will elude them.
Moses reported this to the Israelites. But they would not listen to him. For they were so discouraged by their backbreaking work.
You will lose your mind (experience insanity) because of all the suffering.
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle flying back and forth. They end without hope.
Despair » Leads men to desire death
If you treat me like this have pity on me and kill me. That way I will not have to endure my shame any longer.
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.
They long for death that does not come. They search for it more than for hidden treasure.
Then the few who remain from these wicked people will want to die rather than live where I will scatter them, declares Jehovah of Hosts.
Despair » Sometimes drives men to suicide
Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed. He saddled his donkey and went back to his hometown. He arranged his affairs in order and he hanged himself. He was buried in the family grave.
This man obtained a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open and all his intestines spilled out. (Matthew 27:5 says he hanged himself. The rope broke or the branch on which it was tied broke. Then he fell to the ground and burst open.)
Zimri saw that the city had fallen. So he went into the palace's inner fortress and set the palace on fire. He died in the flames.
He said to the young man carrying his weapons: Draw your sword and kill me. That way these godless Philistines will not gloat over me and kill me. But the young man was too terrified to do it. So Saul took his own sword and threw himself on it.
Despair » Produced in the wicked by divine judgments
You will lose your mind (experience insanity) because of all the suffering.
Your hearts will pound with fear at everything you see. Every morning you will wish for evening. Every evening you will wish for morning.
Despair » Leads to » Blasphemy
They will pass through the land when they are hard-pressed (destressed) and hungry. When they are hungry, they will be furious. Then they will look up and curse their king and God.
Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast; and his kingdom became full of darkness. And they gnawed their tongues because of the pain. They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains, but they did not repent.
Despair » Leads to » Continuing in sin
Do not run until your feet are bare and your throats are dry. But you say that it is useless. You love foreign gods and follow them.
But they will answer, It is useless! We will live the way we want to. We will go our own stubborn, evil ways.
Despair » Saints sometimes tempted to
My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle flying back and forth. They end without hope.
Despair » Trust in God, a preservative against
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.
Why am I discouraged? Why am I so restless? I put my hope in God for I will still praise him. He is my salvation and my God.
Despair » Saints enabled to overcome
We are pressed (afflicted) (troubled) on every side, but not crushed. We are perplexed yet not to despair. We are persecuted, yet not forsaken. We are struck down, yet not destroyed.
Despair » Exemplified » Cain
Cain said to Jehovah: My punishment is more than I can bear. You are driving me from the land today. I will be hidden from your presence. I will be a restless (homeless) wanderer on the earth. And whoever finds me will kill me.
Despair » Shall seize upon the wicked at the appearing of Christ
They said to the mountains and rocks: Fall on us, and hide us from the presence of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
Despair » Exemplified » Ahithophel
Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed. He saddled his donkey and went back to his hometown. He arranged his affairs in order and he hanged himself. He was buried in the family grave.
Despair » Exemplified » Judas
Topics on Despair
Despair, Description Of
Psalm 42:5Why am I discouraged? Why am I so restless? I put my hope in God for I will still praise him. He is my salvation and my God.
Despair, Remedies For
Psalm 42:5Why am I discouraged? Why am I so restless? I put my hope in God for I will still praise him. He is my salvation and my God.
