Whenever we are down there is only one place to find hope; THE WORD OF GOD. These scriptures can lift you up and brighten your mood and give you inner peace when you feel like giving up;
Isaiah
41:10 ESV / 122 helpful votes
Fear not, for I am with you; be
not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will
uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Matthew
11:28 ESV / 85 helpful votes
Come to me, all who labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Jeremiah
29:11 ESV / 84 helpful votes
For I know the plans I have for
you, declares the Lord,
plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Deuteronomy
31:6 ESV / 84 helpful votes
Be strong and courageous. Do not
fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with
you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”
Psalm
147:3 ESV / 70 helpful votes
He heals the brokenhearted and
binds up their wounds.
John
14:27 ESV / 68 helpful votes
Peace I leave with you; my peace I
give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be
troubled, neither let them be afraid.
Philippians
4:6-7 ESV / 61 helpful votes
Do not be anxious about anything,
but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your
requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all
understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Psalm
55:22 ESV / 61 helpful votes
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will
sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Isaiah
40:31 ESV / 60 helpful votes
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.
John
16:33 ESV / 53 helpful votes
I have said these things to you,
that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take
heart; I have overcome the world.”
Proverbs
3:5-6 ESV / 51 helpful votes
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.
John
14:1 ESV / 50 helpful votes
“Let not your hearts be troubled.
Believe in God; believe also in me.
Romans
8:28 ESV / 49 helpful votes
And we know that for those who
love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according
to his purpose.
Hebrews
13:5 ESV / 43 helpful votes
Keep your life free from love of
money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave
you nor forsake you.”
Philippians
4:13 ESV / 41 helpful votes
I can do all things through him
who strengthens me.
Psalm
23:1-6 ESV / 39 helpful votes
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my
shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me
beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake. Even 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. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you
anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
1
Peter 5:7 ESV / 37 helpful votes
Casting all your anxieties on him,
because he cares for you.
Psalm
34:18 ESV / 37 helpful votes
The Lord is near to the
brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
Galatians
6:9 ESV / 36 helpful votes
And let us not grow weary of doing
good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
1
Corinthians 10:13 ESV / 34 helpful votes
No temptation has overtaken you
that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted
beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of
escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Deuteronomy
31:8 ESV / 33 helpful votes
It is the Lord who goes before you. He
will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be
dismayed.”
2
Corinthians 12:9 ESV / 29 helpful votes
But he said to me, “My grace is
sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will
boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may
rest upon me.
John
3:16 ESV / 29 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that
he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have
eternal life.
Psalm
28:7 ESV / 28 helpful votes
The Lord is my strength and my
shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my
song I give thanks to him.
Isaiah
26:3 ESV / 27 helpful votes
You keep him in perfect peace
whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
Psalm
34:17 ESV / 27 helpful votes
When the righteous cry for help,
the Lord hears
and delivers them out of all their troubles.
Romans
8:38-39 ESV / 24 helpful votes
For I am sure that neither death
nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor
powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able
to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Colossians
2:1-23 ESV / 23 helpful votes
For I want you to know how great a
struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen
me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in
love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the
knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures
of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with
plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in
spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in
Christ. ...
Philippians
4:19 ESV / 23 helpful votes
And my God will supply every need
of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Matthew
11:29 ESV / 23 helpful votes
Take my yoke upon you, and learn
from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your
souls.
Romans
15:13 ESV / 21 helpful votes
May the God of hope fill you with
all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may
abound in hope.
Romans
12:12 ESV / 21 helpful votes
Rejoice in hope, be patient in
tribulation, be constant in prayer.
Psalm
18:6 ESV / 20 helpful votes
In my distress I called upon
the Lord;
to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to
him reached his ears.
1
Peter 5:6-7 ESV / 19 helpful votes
Humble yourselves, therefore,
under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you,
casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
Psalm
73:26 ESV / 19 helpful votes
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm
34:17-20 ESV / 19 helpful votes
When the righteous cry for help,
the Lord hears
and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the
brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the
righteous, but the Lord delivers
him out of them all. He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
Psalm
27:1 ESV / 19 helpful votes
Of David. The Lord is my light and my
salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall
I be afraid?
Joshua
1:9 ESV / 18 helpful votes
Have I not commanded you? Be strong
and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God
is with you wherever you go.”
2
Corinthians 1:3-4 ESV / 17 helpful votes
Blessed be the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who
comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who
are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted
by God.
Colossians
3:1-25 ESV / 15 helpful votes
If then you have been raised with
Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right
hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on
earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When
Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Put to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity,
passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. ...
Romans
12:2 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Do not be conformed to this world,
but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern
what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
John
14:1-31 ESV / 14 helpful votes
“Let not your hearts be troubled.
Believe in God; believe also in me. In 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? And 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. And you know the way to where I am
going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can
we know the way?” ...
Romans
8:31 ESV / 13 helpful votes
What then shall we say to these
things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Psalm
4:8 ESV / 13 helpful votes
In peace I will both lie down and
sleep; for you alone, O Lord,
make me dwell in safety.
Hebrews
4:16 ESV / 12 helpful votes
Let us then with confidence draw
near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help
in time of need.
Romans
10:17 ESV / 12 helpful votes
So faith comes from hearing, and
hearing through the word of Christ.
Romans
8:1-39 ESV / 12 helpful votes
There is therefore now no
condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of
life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God
has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own
Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,
in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us,
who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who
live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those
who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
...
Matthew
6:27 ESV / 12 helpful votes
And which of you by being anxious
can add a single hour to his span of life?
Psalm
34:1-22 ESV / 12 helpful votes
Of David, when he changed his
behavior before Abimelech, so that he drove him out, and he went away. I will
bless the Lord at
all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul makes its boast
in the Lord;
let the humble hear and be glad. Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us
exalt his name together! I sought the Lord, and he answered me and
delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, and their
faces shall never be ashamed. ...
Philippians
4:8 ESV / 11 helpful votes
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.
Psalm
42:5-6 ESV / 11 helpful votes
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise
him, my salvation and my God. My soul is cast down within me; therefore I
remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
Psalm
40:1-3 ESV / 11 helpful votes
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of
David. I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me
up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a
rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise
to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.
Psalm
37:1-40 ESV / 11 helpful votes
Of David. Fret not yourself
because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! For they will soon fade
like the grass and wither like the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good;
dwell in the land and befriend faithfulness. Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will
give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him, and he will
act. ...
1
Thessalonians 5:16-18 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Rejoice always, pray without
ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in
Christ Jesus for you.
Romans
8:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes
For to set the mind on the flesh
is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
Romans
8:1 ESV / 10 helpful votes
There is therefore now no
condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
John
3:18 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Whoever believes in him is not
condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has
not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Psalm
119:114 ESV / 10 helpful votes
You are my hiding place and my
shield; I hope in your word.
Psalm
62:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes
For God alone, O my soul, wait in
silence, for my hope is from him.
Psalm
46:10 ESV / 10 helpful votes
“Be still, and know that I am God.
I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
Psalm
43:5 ESV / 10 helpful votes
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise
him, my salvation and my God.
Philippians
4:7 ESV / 9 helpful votes
And the peace of God, which surpasses
all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians
4:6 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Do not be anxious about anything,
but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your
requests be made known to God.
Matthew
14:23 ESV / 9 helpful votes
And after he had dismissed the
crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he
was there alone,
Matthew
11:28-29 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for
I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Jeremiah
31:25 ESV / 9 helpful votes
For I will satisfy the weary soul,
and every languishing soul I will replenish.”
Psalm
16:11 ESV / 9 helpful votes
You make known to me the path of
life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are
pleasures forevermore.
1
Chronicles 28:20 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Then David said to Solomon his
son, “Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be
dismayed, for the Lord God,
even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the
work for the service of the house of the Lord is finished.
1
Peter 4:12-13 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Beloved, do not be surprised at
the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange
were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings,
that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
James
1:2-4 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Count it all joy, my brothers,
when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your
faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that
you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
1
Corinthians 9:24 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Do you not know that in a race all
the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain
it.
Romans 8:26-28 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Likewise the Spirit helps us in
our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit
himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who
searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit
intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. And we know that for
those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according
to his purpose.
Romans
8:18 ESV / 8 helpful votes
For I consider that the sufferings
of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed
to us.
John
15:5 ESV / 8 helpful votes
I am the vine; you are the
branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit,
for apart from me you can do nothing.
Matthew
28:20 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Teaching them to observe all that
I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Matthew
11:28-30 ESV / 8 helpful votes
Come to me, all who labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from
me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Matthew
6:33 ESV / 8 helpful votes
But seek first the kingdom of God
and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Isaiah
3:1-26 ESV / 8 helpful votes
For behold, the Lord God of hosts
is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah support and supply, all support of
bread, and all support of water; the mighty man and the soldier, the judge and
the prophet, the diviner and the elder, the captain of fifty and the man of
rank, the counselor and the skillful magician and the expert in charms. And I
will make boys their princes, and infants shall rule over them. And the people
will oppress one another, every one his fellow and every one his neighbor; the
youth will be insolent to the elder, and the despised to the honorable. ...
Psalm
68:6 ESV / 8 helpful votes
God settles the solitary in a
home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a
parched land.
Psalm
62:5-8 ESV / 8 helpful votes
For God alone, O my soul, wait in
silence, for my hope is from him. He only is my rock and my salvation, my
fortress; I shall not be shaken. On God rests my salvation and my glory; my
mighty rock, my refuge is God. Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out
your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
1
Kings 8:56 ESV / 8 helpful votes
“Blessed be the Lord who has
given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. Not one
word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke by Moses his servant.
Isaiah
43:1-28 ESV / 7 helpful votes
But now thus says the Lord, he who
created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have
redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. When you pass through
the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not
overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the
flame shall not consume you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One
of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange
for you. Because you are precious in my eyes, and honored, and I love you, I
give men in return for you, peoples in exchange for your life. Fear not, for I
am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, and from the west I
will gather you. ...
Isaiah
40:29 ESV / 7 helpful votes
He gives power to the faint, and
to him who has no might he increases strength.
Ecclesiastes
8:1-17 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Who is like the wise? And who
knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and
the hardness of his face is changed. I say: Keep the king's command, because of
God's oath to him. Be not hasty to go from his presence. Do not take your stand
in an evil cause, for he does whatever he pleases. For the word of the king is
supreme, and who may say to him, “What are you doing?” Whoever keeps a command
will know no evil thing, and the wise heart will know the proper time and the
just way. ...
Proverbs
17:22 ESV / 7 helpful votes
A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Psalm
139:1-24 ESV / 7 helpful votes
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of
David. O Lord,
you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and
are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold,
O Lord,
you know it altogether. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand
upon me. ...
Psalm
91:1-2 ESV / 7 helpful votes
He who dwells in the shelter of
the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “My refuge
and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Psalm
42:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise
him, my salvation and my God.
Psalm
37:23-24 ESV / 7 helpful votes
The steps of a man are established
by the Lord,
when he delights in his way; though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for
the Lord upholds
his hand.
Psalm
32:10 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Many are the sorrows of the
wicked, but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.
Psalm
3:3 ESV / 7 helpful votes
But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my
glory, and the lifter of my head.
1
Chronicles 16:11 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Seek the Lord and his strength; seek
his presence continually!
Revelation
21:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes
He will wipe away every tear from
their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor
crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
Zephaniah
3:17 ESV / 6 helpful votes
The Lord your God is in your
midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he
will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.
1
Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Be imitators of me, as I am of
Christ. Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain
the traditions even as I delivered them to you. But I want you to understand
that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and
the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head
covered dishonors his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her
head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were
shaven. ...
Romans
6:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes
We were buried therefore with him
by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead
by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
John
15:1-27 ESV / 5 helpful votes
“I am the true vine, and my Father
is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away,
and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in
me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides
in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are
the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much
fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ...
John
3:16-17 ESV / 5 helpful votes
“For God so loved the world, that
he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have
eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Romans 8:35-39 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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