Bible verses for when you feel sad
It is all right to feel sad, and these words are here to keep you company.
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle — are they not in Your book?
Blessed be 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 have received from God.
For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.
My soul melts with sorrow; strengthen me according to Your word.
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.
The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up. You will increase my honor and comfort me once again.
I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice — my appeal for mercy. Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.
O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.
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