Bible Verses for Depression and Dark Seasons

“Therefore my harp has turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.”

Spoken by Job.

“You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, emerald, chrysolite, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and beryl. Gold work of tambourines and of pipes was in you. In the day that you were created they were prepared.”

Spoken by God.

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your children.”

Spoken by God.

“Yahweh, be gracious to us. We have waited for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.”

Spoken by Isaiah.

“Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.”

Spoken by Paul.

“He said, "Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be the name of Yahweh."”

Spoken by Job.

“who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose stripes you were healed.”

Spoken by Peter.

“For indeed he was sick, nearly to death, but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow on sorrow.”

Spoken by Paul.

“You, Yahweh, remain forever; Your throne is from generation to generation.”

Spoken by Jeremiah.

“To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;”

Spoken by Daniel.

“In those days Hezekiah was sick even to death: and he prayed to Yahweh; and he spoke to him, and gave him a sign.”

Spoken by Hezekiah.

“For Sheol can't praise you. Death can't celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can't hope for your truth.”

Spoken by Hezekiah.

“Do not abhor [us], for your name's sake; do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, don't break your covenant with us.”

Spoken by Jeremiah.

“The people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.”

“But I had respect for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations, where they went.”

Spoken by God.

“Now therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of your servant, and to his petitions, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.”

Spoken by Daniel.

“Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name's sake, Yahweh; for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you.”

Spoken by Jeremiah.

“He went in therefore, and shut the door on them both, and prayed to Yahweh.”

“to shine on those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death; to guide our feet into the way of peace."”

Spoken by Zechariah.

“I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.”

Spoken by God.

“He won't break a bruised reed. He won't quench a smoking flax, until he leads justice to victory.”

Spoken by God.

“But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.”

Spoken by Isaiah.

“Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.”

Spoken by Jesus.