Verses about comfort
God draws near to those who hurt, and teaches us to keep one another company in pain.
24 passages from 10 books
1God comforts
- “Comfort my people”: speak to the heart of Jerusalem, her iniquity is paid off
“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your Elohim. “Speak to the heart of Jerusalem and call out to her that her service is completed, that her iniquity is paid off, that she has received from the hand of YHWH double for all her sins.”
Isaiah 40:1–2 - God compares his comfort to a mother comforting her son
As a man whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; and in Jerusalem you will be comforted.”
Isaiah 66:13 - In the midst of his affliction, Paul calls God the “God of all comfort”
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
2 Corinthians 1:3–4 - In the valley of the shadow of death, the psalmist does not fear: God is with him
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will not fear evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Psalms 23:4 - Amid anxious thoughts, the psalmist finds joy in God’s consolations
In the multitude of my anxious thoughts within me, your consolations delight my soul.
Psalms 94:19 - A comfort in affliction: God’s saying has given life
This is my comfort in my affliction, that your saying has given me life.
Psalms 119:50 - God promises to be with his people when they pass through waters and fire
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not sweep you away; when you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flame will not burn against you.
Isaiah 43:2 - Jesus calls those who mourn happy: they will be comforted
Happy are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Matthew 5:4
2Near the brokenhearted
- God is near the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit
Near is YHWH to the broken in heart, and the crushed in spirit he saves.
Psalms 34:18 - God heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds
He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds.
Psalms 147:3 - God does not despise a broken and crushed heart
The sacrifices of Elohim are a broken spirit; a broken and crushed heart, Elohim, you will not despise.
Psalms 51:17 - The High and Holy One also dwells with the crushed and the lowly
For thus says the High and Lifted Up One, who inhabits eternity, and Holy is his name: “In the high and holy place I dwell, and with the crushed and lowly of spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the crushed.
Isaiah 57:15 - God’s anointed one comes to bind up the brokenhearted and comfort all who mourn
The spirit of Adonai YHWH is upon me, because YHWH has anointed me to bring good news to the humble; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and to the prisoners opening of the prison, to proclaim the year of favor of YHWH and the day of vengeance of our Elohim, to comfort all who mourn; to appoint for those who mourn in Zion, to give them a headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit; and they will be called terebinths of righteousness, the planting of YHWH, to glorify himself.
Isaiah 61:1–3 - Jesus invites the weary and burdened to come to him for rest
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28–30
3Weeping with those who weep
- Paul asks us to rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep
Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.
Romans 12:15 - Job’s three friends arrive, weep, and sit with him in silence
When Job’s three companions heard all this evil that had come upon him, they came, each from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; they arranged to meet together to come to show him sympathy and to comfort him. They lifted up their eyes from a distance and did not recognize him, and they raised their voices and wept; each tore his robe, and they scattered dust over their heads toward the heavens. They sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that the pain was very great.
Job 2:11–13 - On the way to his friend’s tomb, Jesus is troubled and weeps
So when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled himself, and he said, “Where have you laid him?” They say to him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus wept.
John 11:33–35 - After writing about those who sleep and the Lord’s coming, Paul says: comfort one another with these words
So comfort one another with these words.
1 Thessalonians 4:18 - Bearing one another’s burdens is part of living as followers of the Messiah
Bear one another’s burdens, and so you will fulfill the law of the Messiah.
Galatians 6:2 - God comforted a downcast Paul through the arrival of Titus
But God, who comforts the lowly, comforted us by the coming of Titus,
2 Corinthians 7:6
4He will wipe away every tear
- God will wipe away every tear; no more grief, crying, or pain
And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, nor grief nor crying nor pain will there be any longer; for the first things have passed away.”
Revelation 21:4 - The Lamb will shepherd his people, and God will wipe away every tear
They will hunger no more, nor will they thirst anymore, nor will the sun ever fall on them, nor any scorching heat, for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and will guide them to springs of waters of life; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
Revelation 7:16–17 - Isaiah announces that Adonai YHWH will wipe away the tears from all faces
He will swallow up death forever, and Adonai YHWH will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will remove from all the earth, for YHWH has spoken.
Isaiah 25:8 - Those who sow with tears will come back with shouts of joy
Those who sow with tears with shouts of joy will reap. Going he goes and weeping, the one who carries the bag of seed; coming he will come with shouts of joy, carrying his sheaves.
Psalms 126:5–6