Bible verses about Depression
Verses for seasons of despair and darkness, holding on to God in them.
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Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
Psalms 42:5Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
Micah 7:8The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
Psalms 34:18This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
Psalms 34:6He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
Psalms 40:2He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
Psalms 40:3Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
Psalms 143:7Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
Psalms 143:8I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
Psalms 6:6O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
Psalms 130:2For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Psalms 30:5We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
2 Corinthians 4:8persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
2 Corinthians 4:9Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 4:16When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
Isaiah 43:2Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Psalms 23:4If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
Psalms 139:11even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
Psalms 139:12My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 73:26Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
Lamentations 3:22They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
Lamentations 3:23But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
Psalms 13:5Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
Psalms 25:16The troubles of my heart increase; free me from my distress.
Psalms 25:17