Bible Verses AboutComfort
Bible verses about Comfort
In times of uncertainty and distress, the wellspring of divine comfort awaits us within the sacred scriptures. Exploring Bible verses about comfort is not merely an academic exercise, but a vital journey into the heart of God's unwavering love and support. Understanding these passages allows us to tap into a profound source of peace that transcends earthly trials. It equips us to navigate life's storms with renewed hope and strength, knowing that we are held securely in the compassionate embrace of the Almighty. Let these verses illuminate your path, offering solace and reminding you that you are never truly alone.
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And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
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Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.
But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts.
I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.
The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the Lord had shut up her womb.
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly.
He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.
In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?
And the Lord hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings.
Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised.
Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
And keep the charge of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the Lord have created it.
For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
O Lord our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth!
The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the Lord, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.
O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred.
Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Thou wilt prolong the king’s life: and his years as many generations.
And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.
For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;
Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities.
For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.
And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.
Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God?
And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;
Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I.
Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.
And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it.
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.
And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law;
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice?
My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Huram said moreover, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the Lord, and an house for his kingdom.
And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father’s,
And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;
Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the Lord.
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?
Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?
For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor.
What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.
And he set three days’ journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.
Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
And they departed from the mount of the Lord three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them.
To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
For so the Lord said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.
And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong.
Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.
Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked.
When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O Lord, held me up.
And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:
And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
To offer burnt offerings unto the Lord upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the Lord, which he commanded Israel;
Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because his mercy endureth for ever;
None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Ben–hadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber.
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:
For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.
And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
And Moses’ father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good.
Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh–gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Lord, that ye have shewed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him.
Reflection
Contemplating Comfort
In moments of distress, the Bible offers an inexhaustible wellspring of comfort. The verses explored here reveal a God intimately acquainted with human suffering, a God who promises solace, strength, and unwavering presence. From the Psalms' heartfelt cries to Jesus' tender promises in the Gospels, we see that comfort isn't merely the absence of pain, but the assurance of God's love amidst it. These scriptures encourage us to actively seek refuge in Him, to cast our anxieties upon a God who cares deeply, and to find lasting peace that surpasses understanding. Reflect on these verses, allowing them to permeate your heart and mind. Apply their wisdom by extending comfort to others, becoming vessels of God's grace and compassion in a world desperately seeking relief.
May these verses about comfort bring wisdom and guidance to your spiritual journey
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