We all have times in our lives when we are feeling sad and when we need support. Here’s a list of readings from the Bible that can help you get through difficult times.

When you need:

COMFORT
Psalm 23
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
Psalm 55:22

COURAGE
1 Chronicles 28:20
Hebrews 13:6
Psalm 27:1

FAITH
Joshua 24:15
Romans 10:8-13
Hebrews 11:1-6

FORGIVENESS
1 John 1:8-9
Matthew 6:14-15
Luke 6:37

GRACE
1 Peter 5:5-6
2 Corinthians 8:9
Ephesians 2:8-9

HOPE
1 Peter 1:3-5
Hebrews 6:9-12
Lamentations 3:24-25

LOVE
1 John 4:7-21
1 Thessalonians 3:12
Romans 8:38-39

PATIENCE
Colossians 1:10-12
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Romans 15:4-5

PEACE
John 16:33
Philippians 4:6-7
Numbers 6:24-26

STRENGTH
Philippians 4:13
2 Samuel 22:32-33
Isaiah 40:29-31

When you are facing:

ANGER
Ephesians 4:31-32
James 1:19-20
Proverbs 15:1

ANXIETY
1 Peter 5:7
Matthew 11:28-30
Proverbs 12:25

CRISIS
Jeremiah 29:11-13
Lamentations 3:55-58
Proverbs 3:5-6

DEPRESSION
Nehemiah 8:10
Hosea 6:1
Psalm 5:11

DISCOURAGEMENT
Romans 12:11-12
John 14:27
Deuteronomy 31:8

FEAR
Isaiah 41:13
Joshua 1:9
Psalm 46:1-3

GRIEF
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
John 11:25-27
Matthew 5:4

ILLNESS
Act 3:16
James 5:16
Jeremiah 17:14

LONELINESS
2 Corinthians 6:18
Deuteronomy 31:6
Isaiah 43:2

TEMPTATION
Ephesians 5:8-11
Hebrews 4:14-16
James 1:12-15