Bible Verses About Depression (49+ Verses)

"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit."

"He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak."

"Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God."

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."

"Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning."

"You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy."

"But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear me."

"Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light."

"He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand."

"He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him."

"Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God."

"By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life."

"Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me."

"Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:"

"Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail."

"They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."

"I say to myself, 'The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.'"

"The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him, to the one who seeks him."

"It is good to wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord."

"For no one is cast off by the Lord forever."

"Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love."

"For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to anyone."

"Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me."

"You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows."

"Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever."

"The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles."

"A righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all."

"Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken."

"When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy."

"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds."

"The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted."

"To comfort all who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair."

"They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord for the display of his splendor."

"Instead of your shame you will receive a double portion, and instead of disgrace you will rejoice in your inheritance."

"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."

"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."

"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?"

"No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us."

"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers."

"Neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort."

"Who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God."

"For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ."

"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day."

"For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all."

"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."

"But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me."

"That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."