Bible Verses About Depression (48 Verses)

"The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit."

"He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength."

"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God."

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."

"For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."

"Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;"

"Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me."

"Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me."

"He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings."

"And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD."

"Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance."

"Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life."

"Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me."

"This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope."

"It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not."

"They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness."

"The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him."

"The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him."

"It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD."

"For the Lord will not cast off for ever:"

"But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies."

"For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men."

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."

"Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over."

"Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever."

"The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles."

"Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all."

"Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved."

"In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul."

"He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds."

"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;"

"To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified."

"For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them."

"These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."

"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose."

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?"

"Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us."

"For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,"

"Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

"Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost."

"Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;"

"Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God."

"For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ."

"For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day."

"For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;"

"While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."

"And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."

"Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong."