Bible Verses About Despair
Bible verses about Despair
Discover what the Bible says about despair.
Each verse has been chosen for its relevance and insight into this important biblical topic.
Most Helpful Verses
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They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
Scripture Passages
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long?
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: [there is] nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in any border of Israel; so shall I escape from his hand.
Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun.
[We are] troubled on every side, yet not distressed; [we are] perplexed, but not in despair;
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life: