15 Comforting Bible Verses for Troubled Times

With so many disturbing things making headlines in the news these days, it can be hard to keep track of them.When will the madness end?

People in Bible times were accustomed to cruelty. However, many were also familiar with the character of God, a loving and protective father who comforts people readily. He comforted them then and he comforts us now. Absorb these scriptures and strengthen you for the future.

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"The Lord is my light and my salvation. Who should I fear? The Lord is the base of my life. Who should I fear?

– Psalm 27:1
"It is the Lord who goes before you. He is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you. Let him not be afraid.

– Deuteronomy 31:8th place
"Even if I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no harm because you are with me. Your staff and your staff comfort me.

– Psalm 23:4
"He holds the lowly in high esteem, and the mourners are brought to safety."

— Task 5:11
"His steadfast love never fails. His mercies never fail. They are new every morning. Your faithfulness is wonderful."

– Lamentations 3:22-23
i leave you peace i give you my peace I give you, not the world gives. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.”

—John 14:27
“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”
—Psalm 46:1
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort.”

—2 Corinthians 1:3
“Let your steadfast love comfort me according to your promise to your servant.”
—Psalm 119:76

“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.”

—John 16:33
“If I say, 'Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,' even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you.”

—Psalm 139:11-12
“Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth; break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people and will have compassion on his afflicted.”

—Isaiah 49:13
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”

—Matthew 5:4
“Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.”

—Psalm 55:22

"No, in all these things we are more than victors through Him who loved us. Death and life, angels and rulers, present and future, power and height. For I am convinced that neither depth nor anything else in all creation can separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
—Romans 8:37-39