100+ Inspiring Bible Quotes to Overcome Sadness

The depth of human sadness and the solace that one can find in biblical wisdom is unparalleled. In this article, we explore ten distinct aspects of sadness through biblical quotes, each with their own unique flavor and context. This collection aims to provide comfort, insight, and a reminder of the hope that is intrinsic to faith. Whether you're searching for peace or understanding, these quotes shed light on the path forward, encouraging strength and perseverance in the face of despair. Through these excerpts, you'll find that even in moments of profound sadness, there is still a promise of renewal and love from above.
"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." - Psalm 34:18
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." - Matthew 5:4
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." - Psalm 147:3
"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me." - Psalm 23:4
"Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." - 1 Peter 5:7
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." - Matthew 11:28
"God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble." - Psalm 46:1
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you." - Jeremiah 29:11
"The Lord is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear?" - Psalm 27:1
"And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." - Philippians 4:7
"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." - Psalm 73:26
"Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning." - Psalm 30:5
"Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me." - Psalm 42:7
"My soul is deeply troubled; how long, O Lord, how long?" - Psalm 6:3
"Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord." - Psalm 130:1
"Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me?" - Psalm 42:11
"For my soul is full of trouble and my life draws near to the grave." - Psalm 88:3
"The cords of death entangled me, the anguish of the grave came upon me." - Psalm 116:3
"My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death have fallen upon me." - Psalm 55:4
"The light is gone from my eyes; my friends and neighbors avoid me." - Job 19:13-14
"I am forgotten as though I were dead; I have become like broken pottery." - Psalm 31:12
"The thought of my affliction and my wandering fills my soul with bitterness." - Lamentations 3:19
"Rivers of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed." - Lamentations 3:48
"Is any comfort left in me? Your promises have failed, O God." - Psalm 77:8
"For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime." - Psalm 30:5
"Why, my soul, are you downcast? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him." - Psalm 42:5
"The Lord delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love." - Psalm 147:11
"The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all." - Psalm 34:19
"Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day." - 2 Corinthians 4:16
"For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither present nor future can separate us from the love of God." - Romans 8:38-39
"No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful." - 1 Corinthians 10:13
"Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning." - Psalm 30:5
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you." - Jeremiah 29:11
"Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." - James 1:4
"But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength." - Isaiah 40:31
"He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak." - Isaiah 40:29
"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord will be with you." - Joshua 1:9
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." - Philippians 4:13
"The joy of the Lord is your strength." - Nehemiah 8:10
"In the day when I cried out, You answered me, and made me bold with strength in my soul." - Psalm 138:3
"You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance." - Psalm 32:7
"For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power." - 2 Timothy 1:7
"Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong." - 1 Corinthians 16:13
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." - Proverbs 3:5
"He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak." - Isaiah 40:29
"In quietness and trust is your strength." - Isaiah 30:15
"The Lord is my strength and my shield." - Psalm 28:7
"My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." - Psalm 73:26
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds." - Psalm 147:3
"O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me." - Psalm 30:2
"Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me." - Psalm 6:2-3
"But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds, declares the Lord." - Jeremiah 30:17
"Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed." - Jeremiah 17:14
"Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering." - Isaiah 53:4
"For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the Lord." - Jeremiah 30:17
"He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave." - Psalm 107:20
"And the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all." - Luke 6:19
"You shall receive your healing, and glorify the Lord." - Isaiah 58:8
"For I will restore you to health and heal your wounds." - Jeremiah 30:17
"The Lord sustains them on their sickbed and restores them from their bed of illness." - Psalm 41:3
"Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning." - Psalm 30:5
"Who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble." - 2 Corinthians 1:4
"Do not grieve, for the joy of the Lord is your strength." - Nehemiah 8:10
"The righteous person may have many troubles, but the Lord delivers him from them all." - Psalm 34:19
"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." - John 1:5
"Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine." - Isaiah 43:1
"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." - Psalm 34:18
"For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power." - 2 Timothy 1:7
"And the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you." - 1 Peter 5:10
"For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime." - Psalm 30:5
"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord will be with you." - Joshua 1:9
"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me." - Psalm 23:4
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding." - Proverbs 3:5
"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." - Hebrews 11:1
"But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength." - Isaiah 40:31
"For we live by faith, not by sight." - 2 Corinthians 5:7
"My soul thirsts for God, for the living God." - Psalm 42:2
"Keep your faith in the face of sadness, knowing that God is with you." - Psalm 43:5
"The comfort of the Lord is with those who bear sadness with faith." - Psalm 68:19
"Faith can find strength even in tears, standing firm with the Lord." - Job 11:16
"God's way is perfect: the Lord’s word is flawless; he shields all who take refuge in him." - Psalm 18:30
"Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." - James 1:4
"In faith and sadness, grace abounds to those who trust." - Romans 5:20
"For we live by believing and not by seeing." - 2 Corinthians 5:7
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. Do not let your hearts be troubled." - John 14:27
"Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." - 1 Peter 5:7
"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God." - Matthew 5:9
"And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds." - Philippians 4:7
"Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts." - Colossians 3:15
"The fruit of that righteousness will be peace; its effect will be quietness and confidence forever." - Isaiah 32:17
"You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast." - Isaiah 26:3
"Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble." - Psalm 119:165
"For God is not a God of disorder but of peace." - 1 Corinthians 14:33
"Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." - Ephesians 4:3
"My people will live in peaceful dwelling places." - Isaiah 32:18
"In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety." - Psalm 4:8
"Love is patient, love is kind." - 1 Corinthians 13:4
"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear." - 1 John 4:18
"We love because he first loved us." - 1 John 4:19
"His love endures forever." - Psalm 136:1
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son." - John 3:16
"Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs." - Proverbs 10:12
"Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins." - 1 Peter 4:8
"The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love." - Psalm 103:8
"With everlasting love I will have compassion on you, says the Lord." - Isaiah 54:8
"For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come shall separate us from the love of God." - Romans 8:38-39
"But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." - Romans 5:8
"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends." - John 15:13
"For I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you." - Ezekiel 36:26
"Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me." - Psalm 51:10
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come." - 2 Corinthians 5:17
"Those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength." - Isaiah 40:31
"He has made everything beautiful in its time." - Ecclesiastes 3:11
"He who sat on the throne said, ‘I am making everything new!’" - Revelation 21:5
"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." - Romans 12:2
"For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds." - Jeremiah 30:17
"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." - Psalm 23:1
"Now, O Lord, take my life and renew me." - Psalm 51:12
"For the old order of things has passed away." - Revelation 21:4
"But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength." - Isaiah 40:31