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Bible Verses About Comfort
Verses for seasons of sorrow, illness or loss. The Bible calls God the God of all comfort, and these passages show how that comfort reaches people.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
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God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
God is a help already present in the trouble.
Psalm 46:1Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Jesus calls mourners blessed because they will be comforted.
Matthew 5:4The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
God comes close to the broken-hearted.
Psalm 34:18In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
When thoughts pile up, God's comfort brings delight.
Psalm 94:19Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Jesus' invitation to the tired and overloaded.
Matthew 11:28And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
The promise of a day with no more tears, death or pain.
Revelation 21:4Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
The God of all comfort comforts us so we can comfort others.
2 Corinthians 1:3–4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
No fear even in the valley of the shadow of death.
Psalm 23:4As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
God comforts his people as a mother comforts her child.
Isaiah 66:13I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Jesus to his friends: I will not leave you comfortless.
John 14:18This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
In affliction, God's word has kept me alive.
Psalm 119:50Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
Comfort ye my people: God's first word to exiles about coming home.
Isaiah 40:1Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
Heaven and earth sing, because God comforts his afflicted people.
Isaiah 49:13Show me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast helped me, and comforted me.
A prayer for a sign that the Lord has helped and comforted me.
Psalm 86:17I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass;
I, even I, am he that comforteth you.
Isaiah 51:12Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
God gives everlasting consolation and good hope through grace.
2 Thessalonians 2:16–17Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side.
A prayer in old age: comfort me on every side.
Psalm 71:21
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