Sadness

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

He will wipe away from them 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.”

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide even to death.

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

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father’s hand.

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

Why are you in despair, my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him, the saving help of my countenance, and my God.

I pray not that you would take them from the world, but that you would keep them from the evil one.

Most certainly I tell you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”

For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. — read the full passage →

I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,—

Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.

Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.

A glad heart makes a cheerful face; but an aching heart breaks the spirit. — read the full passage →

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.

After eight days again his disciples were inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace be to you.” — read the full passage →

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,

In 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.

Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Be subject therefore to God. But resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

I pray for them. I don’t pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; — read the full passage →

“But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

Rejoice with those who rejoice. Weep with those who weep.

They shall come with weeping; and with petitions will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.

The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.

For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, — read the full passage →

Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”

I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. — read the full passage →

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,

The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. — read the full passage →

a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”

But you, Yahweh, are a shield around me, my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.

Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think about these things.

You heard how I told you, ‘I go away, and I come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said ‘I am going to my Father;’ for the Father is greater than I.

He who doesn’t love me doesn’t keep my words. The word which you hear isn’t mine, but the Father’s who sent me.

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry. — read the full passage →

Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh.

He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him. — read the full passage →

He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.

For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

A man’s goings are established by Yahweh. He delights in his way. — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

Yahweh will also be a high tower for the oppressed; a high tower in times of trouble.

But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. — read the full passage →

“Yet even now,” says Yahweh, “turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning.”

I love Yahweh, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. — read the full passage →

I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. — read the full passage →

They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat; — read the full passage →

I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.

The ransomed of Yahweh shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their heads. They shall obtain gladness and joy. Sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”

Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.

Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

but exhort one another day by day, so long as it is called “today”; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don’t know.

You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you. — read the full passage →

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven: — read the full passage →

God is not a man, that he should lie, nor the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Don’t fret because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness. — read the full passage →

Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, — read the full passage →

Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped. — read the full passage →

As you sent me into the world, even so I have sent them into the world. — read the full passage →