10 Bible Verses about Disappointments

We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror.

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life.

(Ayin) Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us.

Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, 'Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.'

But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came.

Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish? Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound? Will you let me down when I need you like a brook one goes to for water, but that cannot be relied on?"

In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety.

This displeased Jonah terribly and he became very angry. He prayed to the Lord and said, "Oh, Lord, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish! -- because I knew that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment. So now, Lord, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!"