60 occurrences in 13 translations

'Comforted' in the Bible

And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.

Verse ConceptsBereavement, Experience OfGrave, TheLove, And The WorldSheolWeepingComfort, Of FriendsParental LoveAfflicted To DeathNo Comfort

And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessSheep ShearingDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsMourning The Death Of Others

Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them.

Verse ConceptsKindnessKind WordsPeople Providingprovidingreassurance

Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.

Verse ConceptsKindnessMaidsSuffering, Encouragements Inreassurance

And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him.

Verse ConceptsOne FleshComfort, Of FriendsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenThe Promise Of A Baby

And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead.

Verse ConceptsLove, And The WorldSpirit, Nature OfParental Lovereuniting

and God sendeth a messenger to Jerusalem to destroy it, and as he is destroying Jehovah hath seen, and is comforted concerning the evil, and saith to the messenger who is destroying, 'Enough, now, cease thy hand.' And the messenger of Jehovah is standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Jebusite,

Verse ConceptsRegretDestruction Of JerusalemNatural Disasters

“I chose a way for them and sat as chief,And dwelt as a king among the troops,As one who comforted the mourners.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted, Duty To ThemLearning The Right WayHuman ComfortNature Of Kings

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGoldOrnamentsRingsSistersSuffering, Encouragements InVisitingComfort, Of FriendsPresentsJewelleryLarge Denominations

Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.

Verse ConceptsDeath, Preparation ForIndividuals Passing AwayLeave Us AloneRecoveryBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeSmiling

I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.

Verse ConceptsGod Speaking Of OldGod Has Comforted

Make me strong with wine-cakes, let me be comforted with apples; I am overcome with love.

Verse ConceptsLove Towards Christ, The Nature Of

At that time, you will say: "I will praise you, LORD, for although you were angry with me, your anger has turned away, and you have comforted me.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Consolation DuringComfort, Of GodGod Has ComfortedGod Will No More Be AngryWe Thank GodreunitingFinding Comfort In God

For this cause I have said, Let your eyes be turned away from me in my bitter weeping; I will not be comforted for the wasting of the daughter of my people.

Verse ConceptsBeing Earnest For IsraelSorrowNo Comfort

For Jehovah hath comforted Zion, He hath comforted all her wastes, And He setteth her wilderness as Eden, And her desert as a garden of Jehovah, Joy, yea, gladness is found in her, Confession, and the voice of song.

Verse ConceptsGarden Of Eden, TheHorticultureJoy, Of IsraelLand, Spiritual Aspects OfRuinsThanksgivingAfflictions, Consolation DuringArchaeologyEdenWaste Places RestoredBlessing In The WildernessThose Singing PraiseGod Will ComfortFree Of ChargeGardensPeace And ComfortzionFinding Comfort In God

These two things have come on you; who will be weeping for you? wasting and destruction; death from need of food, and from the sword; how may you be comforted?

Verse ConceptsFamine, Examples OfKilling Israelites

Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsJerusalem, Significance OfSingingSongsArchaeologyWaste Places RestoredDestruction Of JerusalemGod Has ComfortedFinding Comfort In God

O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.

Verse ConceptsFloggingBuildingJewelsStormsSpiritual FoundationsNo ComfortCatastrophic EventsThe Storms Of Life

Among the smooth things of a brook is thy portion, They -- they are thy lot, Also to them thou hast poured out an oblation, Thou hast caused a present to ascend, For these things am I comforted?

Verse Conceptsdrink offeringMaking Cereal Offerings And Libations

Then rejoice doth a virgin in a chorus, Both young men and old men -- together, And I have turned their mourning to joy, And have comforted them, And gladdened them above their sorrow,

Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsMourning Turned To JoyDancingSorrowRestored JoyGod Will ComfortFinding Comfort In God

Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

Verse ConceptsEmotions, Shown By GodRageAnger Subsidingventing

Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

Verse ConceptsRemnantSurvivors Of IsraelGod Has ComfortedGod Turned Back From Harming Them

And they have comforted you, for ye see their way and their doings, and ye have known that not for nought have I done all that which I have done in her -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'

Verse ConceptsUseless LabourHuman Comfort

so you will bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you did when you comforted them.

Verse ConceptsBearingHuman ComfortShame Has Come

I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth.

Verse ConceptsThe DeadGroups TremblingMetaphorical TreesHuman Comfort

Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsHuman Comfort

The Lord revoked this sentence.“It shall not take place,” said the Lord.

Verse ConceptsNeverGod Changing His Mind

The Lord revoked this sentence.“This also shall not be,” said the Lord God.

Verse ConceptsNeverGod Changing His Mind

When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God [had compassion and] relented concerning the disaster which He had declared that He would bring upon them. And He did not do it.

Verse Conceptsevil, victory overPlansReceptivenessRenunciationRepentance, Importance OfThreatsGod Is UnchangeableGod Changing His MindRepentanceGod Turned Back From Harming ThemSigns Of RepentanceOne's Deedsjonah

Again call, saying: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Again do my cities overflow from good, And Jehovah hath again comforted Zion, And He hath fixed again on Jerusalem.'

Verse Conceptselection, privileges ofReinstatementAfflictions, Consolation DuringPlenty Through GodGod Will ComfortPeace And ComfortImmigrantsSpreading The GospelWealth And Prosperityjerusalemzion

In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofMourningVoicesLamentingPeople Passing AwayMourning DeathNo ComfortDeathDeath Of A Child

And Jesus came to a stop and said, Let him come. And crying out to the blind man, they said to him, Be comforted: come, he has sent for you.

Verse ConceptsChrist SummoningGet Up!Take Courage!

But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

Verse ConceptsLimitednessRiches, Ungodly Use OfDeath Of The Saints, Results InPainful MemoriesReversalsGiving Good ThingsBad SituationsGod Has ComfortedOvercoming Adversity

The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.

Verse ConceptsMourningComfort, Of FriendsSpeedPeople Following PeoplePeople Getting UpMourning The Death Of Others

And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofevangelising

And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.

Whenever I go to Spain (for it is my hope to see you on my way, and to be sent on there by you, if first I may in some measure have been comforted by your company)--

Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Material ThingsHope, Nature OfJourneyMissionaries, Support ForPlansPassing ByCompanionshipPeople HelpingHope Regarding Believers

And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.

Verse ConceptsTypes Of ChristBrotherly LoveGod Will ComfortThe Gospel Of Salvation

And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingJoy, Of The ChurchMourning In RegretRight Desires

Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all.

Verse ConceptsHappinessHuman ComfortPeople RefreshedAppreciation For Pastors

But I am hoping in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you before long, so that I may be comforted when I have news of you.

Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfMissionaries, Support ForSadnessVisitingGood NewsHope Regarding Believers

As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

Verse ConceptsSpiritual FathersPeople Encouraging OthersFathers Loving CareEncouragementencouraginguplifting

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Console (24 instances)
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