What are the scriptures for depression? | Bible verses to comfort you during difficult and hard times

1 Samuel 2:6-9

“The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up. The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up. He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the beggar from the ash heap to set them among princes and make them inherit the throne of glory. ‘For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’S, and He has set the world upon them. He will guard the feet of his saints, but the wicked shall be silent in darkness, ‘For by strength no man shall prevail.’’”

Isaiah 3:10

“Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.”

Isaiah 12:2

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid, for YAH, the LORD, is my strength and my song; He also has become my salvation.”

Isaiah 35:3-4

“Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are fearful-hearted, ‘Be strong, and do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God; He will come and save you.’”

Isaiah 40:28-31

“Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. There is no searching of his understanding. He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might he increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall, but those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, and they shall walk and not faint.”

Isaiah 41:10-13

“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. ‘Behold, all those who were incensed against you shall be ashamed and disgraced; they shall be as nothing, and those who strive with you shall perish. You shall seek them and not find them—those who contended with you. Those who war against you shall be as nothing, as a non-existent thing. For I, the LORD your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Fear not, I will help you.’’”

Isaiah 43:18-19

“Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.”

Isaiah 46:4

“Even to your old age, I am he. And even to gray hairs I will carry you! I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry and will deliver you.”

Isaiah 50:7

“For the LORD God will help me; therefore I will not be disgraced; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed.”

Isaiah 51:12

“I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid of man who will die, and of the son of man who will be made like grass?”

Isaiah 54:4

“Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed; nor be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame; for you will forget the shame of your youth, and will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore.”

Isaiah 54:17

“‘No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which raises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from me,’ says the LORD.”

Isaiah 56:1

“Thus says the LORD: ‘Keep justice, and do righteousness, for my salvation is about to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.’”

Isaiah 64:4

“For since the beginning of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen any God besides you, who acts for the one who waits for him.”

Jeremiah 15:21

“I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you from the grip of the terrible.”

Jeremiah 29:11-13

“For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.”

Lamentations 3:22-23

“Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.”

Lamentations 3:25-26

“The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks Him! It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the LORD.”

Lamentations 3:27-32

“It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth. Let him sit alone and keep silent, because God has laid it on him; let him put his mouth in the dust—there may yet be hope. Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him and be full of reproach. For the Lord will not cast off forever. Though he causes grief, yet he will show compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.”

Lamentations 3:38-44

“Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that woe and well-being proceed? Why should a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? Let us search out and examine our ways and turn back to the LORD; let us lift our hearts and hands to God in heaven. We have transgressed and rebelled; you have not pardoned. You have covered yourself with anger and pursued us; you have slain and not pitied; you have covered yourself with a cloud that prayer should not pass through.”

Psalm 13:1-3

“How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?”

Psalm 18:2-3

“The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies.”

Psalm 23:4

“Yea, 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.”

Psalm 25:1-7

“To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust in you; let me not be ashamed; let not my enemies triumph over me. Indeed, let no one who waits on you be ashamed; let those be ashamed who deal treacherously without cause. Show me your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths; lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; on you I wait all the day. Remember, O LORD, your tender mercies and your loving-kindness, for they have been from old. Do not remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions; according to your mercy, remember me, for your goodness’ sake, O LORD.”

Psalm 27:1-2

“The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh, my enemies and foes, they stumbled and fell.”

Psalm 27:7-10

“Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When you said, ‘Seek my face,’ my heart said to you, ‘Your face, LORD, I will seek.’ Do not hide your face from me; do not turn your servant away in anger; you have been my help; do not leave me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take care of me. ”

Psalm 27:14

“Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the LORD.”

Psalm 28:1

“To you I will cry, O LORD my Rock: do not be silent to me, lest, if you are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands towards your holy sanctuary.”

Psalm 28:7

“The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise him.”

Psalm 31:1-5

“In you, O LORD, I put my trust; let me never be ashamed; deliver me in your righteousness. Bow down your ear to me, deliver me speedily; be my rock of refuge, a fortress of defense to save me. For you are my rock and my fortress; therefore, for your name’s sake, lead me and guide me. Pull me out of the net that they have secretly laid for me. For you are my strength. Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.”

Psalm 31:9-10

“Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am in trouble; my eyes wastes away with grief, yes, my soul and my body! For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.”

Psalm 31:14-16

“But as for me, I trust in you, O LORD; I say, ‘You are my God,’ my times are in your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me. Make your face shine upon your servant; save me for your mercies sake.”

Psalm 31:24

“Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you who hope in the LORD.”

Psalm 37:7-9

“Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; do not fret because of him who prospers in his ways. Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; do not fret—it only causes harm. For evil-doers shall be cut off, but those who wait on the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.”

Psalm 37:34

“Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and He shall exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.”

Psalm 38:15-16

“For in you, O LORD, I hope; you will hear, O Lord my God. For I said, ‘hear me, lest they rejoice over me, lest, when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.’”

Psalm 38:21-22

“Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me! Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.”

Psalm 39:7-8

“And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you. Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of the foolish.”

Psalm 39:12-13

“Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; do not be silent at my tears; for I am a stranger with you, a sojourner, as all my fathers were. Remove your gaze from me, that I may regain strength, before I go away and am no more.”

Psalm 40:1-3

“I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry. He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my foot upon a rock, and established m steps. He has put a new song in my mouth – praise to our God; many will see it and fear, and will trust in the LORD.”

Psalm 42:11

“Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God.”

Psalm 43:1-4

“Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! For you are the God of my strength; why do you cast me off? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? Oh, send out your light and your truth! Let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your tabernacle. Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and on the harp I will praise you, O God, my God.”

Psalm 46:1-3

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; though its waters roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with its swelling.”

Psalm 50:15

“Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

Psalm 55:1-5

“Give ear to my prayer, O God, and do not hide yourself from my supplication. Attend to me, and hear me. I am restless in my complaint and moan noisily because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they bring down trouble upon me, and in wrath they hate me. My heart is severely pained within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, and horror has overwhelmed me.”

Psalm 56:1-4

“Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; fighting all day long, he oppresses me. My enemies would hound me all day, for there are many who fight against me, O Most High. Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God (I will praise his word), in God I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?”

Psalm 57:1-3

“Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in you, and in the shadow of your wings I will make my refuge until these calamities have passed away. I will cry out to God Most High, to God who performs all things for me. He shall send from heaven and save me; he reproaches the one who would swallow me up. God shall send forth his mercy and truth.”

Psalm 61:1-2

“Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth I will cry to you when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For you have been a shelter for me and a strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in your tabernacle forever; I will trust in the shelter of your wings.”

Psalm 62:1-2

“Truly my soul silently waits for God; from Him comes my salvation. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved.”

Psalm 62:5-7

“My soul, wait silently for God alone. For my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength,  and my refuge is in God.”

Psalm 69:1-3

“Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. I am weary with my crying; my throat is dry; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.”

Psalm 70:1-2

“Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Make haste to help me, O LORD! Let them be ashamed and confounded who seek my life; let them be turned back and confused who desire my hurt.”

Psalm 71:1-5

“In you, O LORD, I put my trust; let me never be put to shame. Deliver me in your righteousness, and cause me to escape. Incline your ear to me, and save me. Be my strong habitation, to which I may resort continually; you have given the commandment to save me, for you are my rock and my fortress. Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. For you are my hope, O Lord GOD; you are my trust from my youth.”

Psalm 71:12-13

“O God, do not be far from me; O my God, make haste to help me! Let them be confounded and consumed who are adversaries of my life; let them be covered with reproach and dishonor who seek my heart.”

Psalm 80:3

“Restore us, O God; cause your face to shine, and we shall be saved!”

Psalm 86:1-8

“Bow down your ear; O LORD, hear me; for I am poor and needy. Preserve my life, for I am holy; You are my God; save your servant who trusts in you! Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I cry to you all day long. Rejoice the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, I will lift up my soul. For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon you. Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. In the day of my trouble I will call upon you, for you will answer me.”

Psalm 88:1-3

“O LORD, God of my salvation, I have cried out day and night before you. Let my prayer come before you; incline your ear to my cry. For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near the grave.”

Psalm 130:1-5

“Out of the depths I have cried to you, O LORD; Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O LORD, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared. I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I do hope.”

Psalm 142:5-7

“I cried out to you, O LORD: I said, ‘You are my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise your name; the righteous shall surround me, for you shall deal bountifully with me.’”

I hope this is helpful. God bless you.

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