Scriptures for Depression

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​Matthew 11:28

28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

 

2 Corinthians 4:8-12

8 We are afflicted in every way but not crushed, perplexed but not driven to despair, 9 persecuted but not forsaken, struck down but not destroyed, 10 always carrying around in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies. 11 For we who are living are always being handed over to death for Jesus’s sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal flesh.

 

Psalm 34:17-18  

17 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
   and rescues them from all their troubles.
18 The Lord is near to the brokenhearted
   and saves the crushed in spirit.

 

Job 16:16 

Psalm 22:1-5

Psalm 30:1-2

Psalm 42:11 

Isaiah 41:10 

Jeremiah 17:7-8 

Habakkuk 3:17-19

Mark 6:31

Romans 8:6​

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Scriptures for Anxiety

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​Matthew 6:25-34:

Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on… Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

 

Deuteronomy 31:6

6 Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you.”

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Psalm 55:22

22 Cast your burden on the Lord,
   and he will sustain you;
he will never permit
   the righteous to be moved.

 

​ Psalm 27:1

​Psalm 91:1-6

Isaiah 40:31

Jeremiah 29:11-12​

John 14:27

Romans 8:26-39​

Ephesians 6:10-18​

Philippians 4:13​

2 Timothy 4:16-18​

Hebrews 4:14-16

​1 Peter 5:7

​1 John 4:18-19