Sadness

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• Psalms 34:18

  The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

• John 14:1

  Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

• Psalms 55:22

  Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

• 1 Peter 5:7

  Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

• Jeremiah 29:11

  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

• Psalms 18:2

  The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

• James 5:13

  Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

• John 15:7

  If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

• 1 Peter 5:10

  But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

• John 14:18

  I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

• Matthew 5:4

  Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

• Revelation 21:4

  And 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.

• Psalms 48:14

  For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.

• 1 John 1:9

  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

• 2 Corinthians 1:3–4

  Blessed 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.

• Psalms 30:5

  For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

• Isaiah 41:10

  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.

• John 10:29

  My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.

• Psalms 147:3

  He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

• Deuteronomy 31:6

  Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.

• Psalms 42:11

  Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

• John 17:15

  I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

• John 16:20

  Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

• Deuteronomy 31:8

  And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.

• 2 Corinthians 7:10

  For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

• Psalms 91:1–2

  He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.

• John 14:16

  And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

• Psalms 126:5

  They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

• Isaiah 53:4

  Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

• Proverbs 15:13–14

  A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

• Psalms 23:4

  Yea, 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.

• John 20:26–29

  And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. …

• Romans 8:18

  For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

• John 16:33

  These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

• Matthew 5:44

  But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

• John 14:2

  In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

• Romans 8:34

  Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

• John 15:1–7

  I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. …

• John 3:16

  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

• James 4:7

  Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.