'Comfort' in the Bible

And all his sons and all his daughters came to give him comfort, but he would not be comforted, saying with weeping, I will go down to the underworld to my son. So great was his father's sorrow for him.

So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

A newly married man will not have to go out with the army or undertake any business, but may be free for one year, living in his house for the comfort of his wife.

Your land will be full of olive-trees, but there will be no oil for the comfort of your body; for your olive-tree will give no fruit.

That man among you who is soft and used to comfort will be hard and cruel to his brother, and to his dear wife, and to of those his children who are still living;

If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:

Then she said, May I have grace in your eyes, my lord, for you have given me comfort, and you have said kind words to your servant, though I am not like one of your servants.

And Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, My daughter, am I not to get you a resting-place where you may be in comfort?

And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, as his father was a friend to me. So David sent his servants, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

And David gave comfort to his wife Bath-sheba, and he went in to her and had connection with her: and she had a son to whom she gave the name Solomon. And he was dear to the Lord.

And for a long time Ephraim their father went on weeping for them, and his brothers came to give him comfort.

And David said, I will be a friend to Hanun, the son of Nahash, because his father was a friend to me. So David sent men to him, to give him words of comfort on account of his father. And the servants of David came to Hanun, to the land of the children of Ammon, offering him comfort.

And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.

For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.

So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

When I say, In my bed I will have comfort, there I will get rest from my disease;

In the thought of him who is in comfort there is no respect for one who is in trouble; such is the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

I might give you strength with my mouth, and not keep back the comfort of my lips.

I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.

Give attention with care to my words; and let this be your comfort.

Why then do you give me comfort with words in which there is no profit, when you see that there is nothing in your answers but deceit?

Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth.

And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring.

For he takes comfort in the thought that his sin will not be uncovered and hated.

You will make me greater than before, and give me comfort on every side.

This is my comfort in my trouble; that your sayings have given me life.

I have kept the memory of your decisions from times past, O Lord; and they have been my comfort.

Let your mercy now be my comfort, as you have said to your servant.

My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?

Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

Give ear to my voice, you women who are living in comfort; give attention to my words, you daughters who have no fear of danger.

Be shaking with fear, you women who are living in comfort; be troubled, you who have no fear of danger: take off your robes and put on clothing of grief.

Give comfort, give comfort, to my people, says your God.

Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones.

For the Lord has given comfort to Zion: he has made glad all her broken walls; making her waste places like Eden, and changing her dry land into the garden of the Lord; joy and delight will be there, praise and the sound of melody.

Give sounds of joy, make melody together, waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord has given comfort to his people, he has taken up the cause of Jerusalem.

To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure has come, and the day of punishment from our God; to give comfort to all who are sad;

So that you may take of the comfort flowing from her breasts, and be delighted with the full measure of her glory.

As to one who is comforted by his mother, so will I give you comfort: and you will be comforted in Jerusalem.

You are in the right, O Lord, when I put my cause before you: still let me take up with you the question of your decisions: why does the evil-doer do well? why are the workers of deceit living in comfort?

No one will make a feast for them in sorrow, to give them comfort for the dead, or put to their lips the cup of comfort on account of their father or their mother.

Then the virgin will have joy in the dance, and the young men and the old will be glad: for I will have their weeping turned into joy, I will give them comfort and make them glad after their sorrow.

From his earliest days, Moab has been living in comfort; like wine long stored he has not been drained from vessel to vessel, he has never gone away as a prisoner: so his taste is still in him, his smell is unchanged.

Up! go against a nation which is living in comfort and without fear of danger, says the Lord, without doors or locks, living by themselves.

What example am I to give you? what comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?

They will give you comfort when you see their ways and their doings: and you will be certain that not for nothing have I done all the things I have done in it, says the Lord.

For this cause I will make her come into the waste land and will say words of comfort to her.

Sorrow to those who are resting in comfort in Zion, and to those who have no fear of danger in the mountain of Samaria, the noted men of the chief of the nations, to whom the people of Israel come!

And again let your voice be loud and say, This is what the Lord of armies has said: My towns will again be overflowing with good things, and again the Lord will give comfort to Zion and take Jerusalem for himself.

For the images have said what is not true, and the readers of signs have seen deceit; they have given accounts of false dreams, they give comfort to no purpose: so they go out of the way like sheep, they are troubled because they have no keeper.

And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.

And a number of Jews had come to Martha and Mary to give them comfort about their brother.

And Joseph, who was given by the Apostles the name of Barnabas (the sense of which is, Son of comfort), a Levite and a man of Cyprus by birth,

And so the church through all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was made strong; and, living in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, was increased greatly.

And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.

And after reading it, they were glad of its comfort.

And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave them comfort and went away.

And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.

Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.

Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:

But the word of the prophet gives men knowledge and comfort and strength.

For you may all be prophets in turn so that all may get knowledge and comfort;

For they gave comfort to my spirit and to yours: for which cause give respect to such people.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort;

Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.

But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:

And our hope for you is certain; in the knowledge that as you take part in the troubles, so you will take part in the comfort.

So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.

My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

But God who gives comfort to the poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus;

And not by his coming only, but by the comfort which he had in you, while he gave us word of your desire, your sorrow, your care for me; so that I was still more glad.

So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.

Whom I have sent to you for this very purpose, so that you may have knowledge of our position, and that he may give comfort to your hearts.

If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,

And I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may have news of how we are, and so that he may give your hearts comfort;

And Jesus, whose other name is Justus; these are of the circumcision: they are my only brother-workers for the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort to me.

We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to give you strength and comfort in your faith;

So then, give comfort to one another with these words.

And our desire is that you will keep control over those whose lives are not well ordered, giving comfort to the feeble-hearted, supporting those with little strength, and putting up with much from all.

Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father who had love for us and has given us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.

Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;

But be self-controlled in all things, do without comfort, go on preaching the good news, completing the work which has been given you to do.

Keeping to the true word of the teaching, so that he may be able to give comfort by right teaching and overcome the arguments of the doubters.

For I had great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been made strong again through you, brother.

But give comfort to one another every day as long as it is still Today; so that no one among you may be made hard by the deceit of sin:

So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

In this way we may be certain that we are true, and may give our heart comfort before him,