24 Bible Verses about discouragement

No, we are trying to commend ourselves under all circumstances, as God's ministers should--in many an hour of endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties, In floggings, in imprisonments, in riots, in toils, in sleepless nights, in fastings; By purity, by knowledge, by patience, by kindliness, by holiness of spirit, by unfeigned love;read more.
By the Message of Truth, and by the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness in the right hand and in the left; Amid honor and disrepute, amid slander and praise; regarded as deceivers, yet proved to be true; As unknown, yet well-known; as at death's door, yet, see, we are living; as chastised, yet not killed; As saddened, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things!

So much is this the case that we ourselves speak with pride, before the Churches of God, of the patience and faith which you have shown, in spite of all the persecutions and troubles that you are enduring.

Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and never despair.

Weigh well the example of him who had to endure such opposition from 'men who were sinning against themselves,' so that you should not grow weary or faint-hearted.

Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.

You possess endurance, and have borne much for my Name, and have never grown weary.

We want you, Brothers, to know that, in the troubles which befell us in Roman Asia, we were burdened altogether beyond our strength, so much so that we even despaired of life. Indeed, we had the presentiment that we must die, so that we might rely, not on ourselves, but on God who raises the dead.

Let us never tire of doing right, for at the proper season we shall reap our harvest, if we do not grow weary.

Therefore I beg you not to be disheartened at the sufferings that I am undergoing for your sakes; for they redound to your honor.

But you, Timothy, must always be temperate. Face hardships; do the work of a Missionary; discharge all the duties of your Office.

Who is there to separate us from the love of the Christ? Will trouble, or difficulty, or persecution, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword? Scripture says-'For thy sake we are being killed all the day long, We are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.' Yet amidst all these things we more than conquer through him who loved us!read more.
For I am persuaded that neither Death, nor Life, nor Angels, nor Archangels, nor the Present, nor the Future, nor any Powers, Nor Height, nor Depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God revealed in Christ Jesus, our Lord!

'The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, For he has consecrated me to bring Good News to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim release to captives and restoration of sight to the blind, To set the oppressed at liberty,

I have spoken to you in this way, so that in me you may find peace. In the world you will find trouble; yet, take courage! I have conquered the world."

But God, who encourages the downcast, has encouraged us by the arrival of Titus.

In my judgment, therefore, we should not add to the difficulties of those Gentiles who are turning to God,

Fathers, never irritate your children, lest they should become disheartened.

Remember the prisoners, as if you were their fellow-prisoners, and the oppressed, not forgetting that you also are still in the body.

Rejoice with those who are rejoicing, and weep with those who are weeping.

That religious observance which is pure and spotless in the eyes of God our Father is this--to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the world.