Bible Verses About Depression

Bible verses about depression are listed below. We encourage you to continue reading the holy bible for additional bible verses and bible texts about depression or related topics, subjects, themes and categories.

“We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;”

2 Corinthians 4:8 ESV

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.
John 16:33 

“Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.”

Hosea 6:1 ESV

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”

Psalm 147:3 ESV

“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.”

Philippians 4:8 ESV

http://bible.com/59/php.4.8.esv

We also have Topic Booklets at our church from Lutheran Hour Ministries concerning depression.  

The Administration of Ashes

The association of ashes with repentance goes back over 3000 years and is mentioned frequently in Scripture (for example: Joshua 7:6, 1 Samuel 4:12, 2 Samuel 1:2 & 15:32, Job 2:12 & 16:15, Jeremiah 25:34, Lamentations 2:10, Ezekiel 27:30, Jonah 3:6, etc.).

The Christian practice of administering ashes as a symbol of repentance is first mentioned in 110 AD, making it one of the oldest-known customs in all of Christianity.  The Church Season of Lent is a season of repentance and so understandably, the association with ashes became especially strong during Lent.  By the 12th Century, the first day of Lent had evolved into the most solemn day of repentance of the year and always included the imposition of ashes - made in the Sign of the Cross to remind us that those sins are forgiven in the Cross of Christ and to remind us of our Baptism where we also received forgiveness and the Sign of the Cross was made on our forehead.  This custom of administering ashes on this day was so foundational that by the late middle ages, the day became universally known as "Ash Wednesday."

The ancient custom has TWO very important meanings: We are sinful, unclean, and worthy of death ("to ashes you shall return" Genesis 3:19), but we have forgiveness of sins in the precious Cross of Christ (the imposition is made in that Sign), also reminding us of forgiveness that is ours in Christ).  It is thus a symbol of both repentance and faith, of contrition and absolution, of the death we deserve and the life we received and continue to receive by grace.


 

Bible Verses About Illness

Bible verses about illness are listed below. 

We encourage you to continue reading the Holy Bible for additional bible verses and bible texts about illness or related topics, subjects, themes and categories.

1The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2He makes me lie down in green pastures.

He leads me beside still waters.

3He restores my soul.

He leads me in paths of righteousness

for his name’s sake.

4Even 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.

5You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies;

you anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me

all the days of my life,

and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord

forever.

Psalm 23

I believe that I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord

in the land of the living!

Psalm 27:13

26 My flesh and my heart may fail,

but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psalm 73:26

1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High

will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

2I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress,

my God, in whom I trust.”

3For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler

and from the deadly pestilence.

4He will cover you with his pinions,

and under his wings you will find refuge;

his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.

5 You will not fear the terror of the night,

nor the arrow that flies by day,

6nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness,

nor the destruction that wastes at noonday.

7A thousand may fall at your side,

ten thousand at your right hand,

but it will not come near you.

8You will only look with your eyes

and see the recompense of the wicked.

9Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place—

the Most High, who is my refuge—

10 no evil shall be allowed to befall you,

no plague come near your tent.

11 For he will command his angels concerning you

to guard you in all your ways.

12On their hands they will bear you up,

lest you strike your foot against a stone.

13You will tread on the lion and the adder;

the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot.

14“Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him;

I will protect him, because he knows my name.

15When he calls to me, I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble;

I will rescue him and honor him.

16With long life I will satisfy him

and show him my salvation.”

Psalm 91

but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;

they shall mount up with wings like eagles;

they shall run and not be weary;

they shall walk and not faint.

Isaiah 40:31
17This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: “He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.”
Matt 8:17

1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. 2In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. 4And you know the way to where I am going.” 5Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me
John 14:1-6

In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you,whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
John 16:23

21For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Phil 1:21

7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Phil 4:7

And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.
James 5:15