5 Bible verses about comfort, each quoted word for word from the World English Bible, with a one-line note on where it sits in scripture.
The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
David wrote this psalm after pretending to be insane to escape a dangerous king.
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
Jesus speaking to a crowd that included many who were struggling and worn down.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
Paul opens a letter by describing how comfort is meant to pass from person to person.
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
A psalm written for uncertain, unstable times.
Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me.
The psalmist asked for a visible sign of God's help amid his troubles.
How did new love bring comfort after the loss of a mother?
Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.
Why would shelter from heat and storm be pictured as such a welcome relief?
There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.
Scripture is quoted word for word from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.
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