'Comfort' in the Bible

The people read it, and were delighted with the comfort it brought them.

But he who prophesies speaks to men words of edification, encouragement and comfort.

Heartfelt thanks be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ--the Father who is full of compassion and the God who gives all comfort.

He comforts us in our every affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction by means of the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

For just as we have more than our share of suffering for the Christ, so also through the Christ we have more than our share of comfort.

But if, on the one hand, we are enduring affliction, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if, on the other hand, we are receiving comfort, it is for your comfort which is produced within you through your patient fortitude under the same sufferings as those which we also are enduring.

And our hope for you is stedfast; for we know that as you are partners with us in the sufferings, so you are also partners in the comfort.

So that you may now take the opposite course, and forgive him rather and comfort him, for fear he should perhaps be driven to despair by his excess of grief.

I have great confidence in you: very loudly do I boast of you. I am filled with comfort: my heart overflows with joy amid all our affliction.

For this reason we feel comforted; and--in addition to this our comfort--we have been filled with all the deeper joy at Titus's joy, because his spirit has been set at rest by you all.

Jesus, called Justus, also sends greeting. These three are Hebrew converts. They alone among such have worked loyally with me for the Kingdom of God--they are men who have been a comfort to me.

And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the unruly, comfort the timid, sustain the weak, and be patient towards all.

comfort your hearts and make you stedfast in every good work and word.

For I have found great joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of God's people have been, and are, refreshed through you, my brother.