Bible Verses About Emotional Struggle

And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.

Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.

The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.

Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the Lord helped me.

For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:

For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.

Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.