Comfort Bible Verses

As a pastor, I unfortunately became very familiar with comfort bible verses. And to be honest, I'm sorry that you need them. However, there is no better place to find comfort than from the God of all comfort. Whether you need them for a sympathy card or for a funeral eulogy, I hope you will find these to be comforting bible verses. Depending on your situation, you may also want to look at these bible verses for funerals.

Comfort Bible Verses from Psalms

Psalm 34:18
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. (NIV)

Psalm 46:1-2
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear... (NIV)

Psalm 55:22
Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall. (NIV)

Pastor's Note: A common theme found in these comfort bible verses is that God is trustworthy. Because of that we don't have to be afraid, we can confidently trust him with every one of our cares and concerns.

Psalm 71:20-21
Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up. You will increase my honor and comfort me once again. (NIV)

Comfort Bible Verses from Isaiah

Isaiah 40:28-31
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. (NIV)

Pastor's Note: Isaiah 40 is a favorite passage of many people because it is full of comfort bible verses. In this chapter Isaiah repeats the phrase, "Don't you know? Haven't you heard?" Of course they knew and had heard. But in daily life it is easy to forget that God is in control and that he can be trusted. We often find a great deal of comfort in simply being reminded of what we already know: God is good, just, and loving. That's what these comfort bible verses do for us.

Isaiah 49:15
Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! (NIV)

Pastor's Note: A mother would never forget about her baby. But as impossible as that is, it is still more possible than for God to forget you. This comfort bible verse declares that God is always thinking about you, always concerned about you, always with you.

Isaiah 54:10
"Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the Lord, who has compassion on you. (NIV)

Comfort Bible Verses from the Prophets

Lamentations 3:19-23
I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall. I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me. Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (NIV)

Pastor's Note: These comfort bible verses are some of the most beloved verses in Scripture. It's easy to see why because they teach that no matter how much mercy or compassion God "uses" today on our problems, he will always have more tomorrow morning.

Lamentations 3:31-33
For [people] are not cast off by the Lord forever. Though he brings grief, he will show compassion, so great is his unfailing love. For he does not willingly bring affliction or grief to the children of men. (NIV)

Nahum 1:7
The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him. (NIV)

Comfort Bible Verses from the Gospels

Matthew 5:4
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. (KJV)

Matthew 11:28-30
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light. (KJV)

John 14:1-3
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. (KJV)

John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. (KJV)

Pastor's Note: Notice in this comfort bible verse that the peace (and therefore comfort) that God provides is not like what the world can give. Have you ever been to a funeral where the family has no hope of ever seeing their loved one again? True comfort comes only from God.

Comfort Bible Verses from the NT Letters

Romans 8:31-39
What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all – how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things? Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is the one who will condemn? Christ is the one who died (and more than that, he was raised), who is at the right hand of God, and who also is interceding for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us! For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. (NET)

1 Corinthians 15:50-58
Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed – in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen, “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. (NET)

2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day. For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. (NET)

Pastor's Note: These comfort bible verses teach us to look beyond the temporary and see the eternal. This is not a contrast between physical and spiritual realities as much as it is between temporal and eternal realities.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians. For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words. (NET)

Hebrews 4:14-16
Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. (KJV)

1 Peter 1:3-9
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you, who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials. Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold – gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away – and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, because you are attaining the goal of your faith – the salvation of your souls. (NET)

1 Peter 5:7
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. (NIV)

Revelation 21:4
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away. (NIV)

Comfort Bible Verses Conclusion

I hope these comfort bible verses are a source of encouragement and strength for you and for those you seek to comfort. If you need to comfort someone after the death of a loved one, instead of comfort bible verses, try these bible verses for funerals.

Scripture marked NIV taken from the Holy Bible, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. All rights reserved throughout the world. Used by permission of International Bible Society.