Bible verses by topic

Whatever you are walking through, Scripture speaks to it. Choose a topic to read comforting verses, or ask your own question.

• Grief and LossWhen someone you love is gone, Scripture does not rush your tears. God draws near to the brokenhearted and promises a day when every tear will be wiped away.
• Healing and SicknessIn illness, God invites us to cry out to Him, to pray with others, and to trust His care for both body and soul.
• Depression and SadnessThe Bible is honest about deep sadness. The psalmists poured out their hearts to God, and He answered with hope, rest and a love that holds on in the dark.
• Anxiety and WorryJesus never shamed anxious people. He invited them to bring every care to God in prayer and to receive a peace that guards the heart.
• Fear and CourageAgain and again God tells His people not to be afraid, not because life is always safe, but because He is with them.
• LonelinessScripture promises that God will never leave or forsake His people. Even when others walk away, He stays.
• Guilt and ShameThe Bible does not hide our failures, but it announces a greater mercy: when we confess, God forgives and cleanses completely.
• Forgiving OthersForgiveness is one of the hardest things Jesus asks of us, and He grounds it in how completely God has forgiven us.
• Temptation and AddictionNo temptation is unique to you, and God promises a way through. Scripture points to a freedom that grows as we walk with His Spirit.
• AngerThe Bible does not call every feeling of anger sin, but it teaches us to be slow to anger, quick to listen and gentle in how we answer.
• MarriageGod designed marriage as a lifelong covenant of love, patience and faithfulness, and Scripture shows what it looks like to love a spouse well.
• Money and ProvisionScripture speaks often about money. It warns against loving it, calls us to contentment and generosity, and reminds us that God cares for His children.
• Work and CareerThe Bible gives work dignity. Whatever we do can be done wholeheartedly for the Lord, with diligence and trust.
• God's Plan for Your LifeWhen the path ahead is unclear, Scripture invites us to trust God with all our heart and to seek His wisdom one step at a time.
• Waiting on GodWaiting is never wasted in Scripture. Those who wait for the Lord find their strength renewed, even when His timing is not ours.
• Strength When You Are WearyWhen you are exhausted, God offers rest for your soul and a strength that is made perfect in weakness.
• Doubt and FaithThe Bible makes room for honest doubt. One father told Jesus he believed and asked for help with his unbelief, and Jesus did not turn him away.
• SalvationThe good news at the heart of the Bible is that salvation is a gift of God's grace, received through faith in Jesus.
• Heaven and Eternal LifeChristian hope looks beyond death to resurrection and to a new creation where God Himself wipes away every tear.
• Self-Worth and IdentityScripture says you are made in God's image, fearfully and wonderfully made, and created on purpose for good works.
• Enemies and InjusticeJesus calls His followers to love even their enemies, and Scripture leaves final justice in God's faithful hands.
• LoveThe Bible describes love as patient and kind, and roots all of our love in the love God first showed us.
• ParentingChildren are a gift from God, and Scripture calls parents to raise them with patience, instruction and love.
• Gratitude and JoyScripture calls us to rejoice and give thanks in every circumstance, because every good gift comes from God.
• Who Jesus IsThe Bible reveals Jesus as the eternal Word who became flesh, the Son who shows us the Father.
• PrayerJesus taught His followers to pray simply, honestly and continually, trusting that God hears every word.

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