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Bible verses for comfort
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Comfort is one of the oldest reasons people open the Bible. The passages here come mostly from the Psalms, the prophets and the New Testament letters — three parts of the Bible where distress is described rather than tidied away.
None of these passages promises that difficulty will end quickly. Several were written by people in the middle of loss, exile or imprisonment. That context is worth holding on to: they read differently as words from inside trouble than as words shouted from outside it.
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3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 4who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
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.
As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you. You will be comforted in Jerusalem.”
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more. The first things have passed away.”
1“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. 2In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. 3If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible British Edition, which is in the public domain. “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org.