8 occurrences

'Despair' in the Bible

Among those nations you shall find no rest, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul.

Verse ConceptsHealthHeart, HumanTremblingHuman EmotionRecreationFear Will ComeDespairanxious

Then David said to himself, “Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape into the land of the Philistines. Saul then will despair of searching for me anymore in all the territory of Israel, and I will escape from his hand.”

Verse ConceptsEscaping From PeopleDespair

“Do you intend to reprove my words,When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?

Verse ConceptsWindReproving PeopleDespair

“If the scourge kills suddenly,He mocks the despair of the innocent.

Verse ConceptsInnocence, Examples OfDoubting God's JusticeDespair

O my God, my soul is in despair within me;Therefore I remember You from the land of the JordanAnd the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

Verse ConceptsDespondency, Examples OfDepression, Solutions ToHealthI Am SadThe Region Of JordanDepressionDespairwaterfalls

Why are you in despair, O my soul?And why have you become disturbed within me?Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him,The help of my countenance and my God.

Verse ConceptsPraiseFaith, Necessity OfTrusting In God's PresenceDoubt, Dealing WithDepression, Solutions ToI Am SadGod HelpsTrust In God!DepressionAntidepressantsDespair

Why are you in despair, O my soul?And why are you disturbed within me?Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him,The help of my countenance and my God.

Verse ConceptsLonelinessSelf PityI Am SadGod HelpsTrust In God!Hope For The RighteousGrieving With HopeDepressionDespair

Bible Theasaurus

Desperation (4 instances)
Falter (7 instances)

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