Bible Verses · ESV
When You Need Comfort
God is the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. These ESV verses speak tenderly into hurting places.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4
“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, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.”
Psalm 34:18
“The LORD is near to the brokenhearted
and saves the crushed in spirit.”
Matthew 5:4
““Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.”
Psalm 119:50
“This is my comfort in my affliction,
that your promise gives me life.”
Isaiah 66:13
“As one whom his mother comforts,
so I will comfort you;
you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.”
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