Bible Verses about โmental illnessโ
The Bible contains 37 verses about mental illness across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
โDon't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.โ
โFor I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.โ
โIn nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.โ
โNo temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.โ
โDon't you be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.โ
โAnd the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.โ
โcasting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.โ
โBe sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.โ
โYahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.โ
โFor God didn't give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.โ
โEven though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.โ
โI have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world."โ
โHe restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.โ
โYahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.โ
โHe makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.โ
โIn all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"โ
โYou prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.โ
โSurely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh's house forever. A Psalm by David.โ
โThe righteous cry, and Yahweh hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles.โ
โHe has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.โ
โMany are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.โ
โHe protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.โ
โBe of the same mind one toward another. Don't set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don't be wise in your own conceits.โ
โTherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.โ
โFor everything spoken by God is possible."โ
โHe said to them, "Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.โ
โThe report about him went out into all Syria. They brought to him all who were sick, afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons, epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.โ
โ"Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.โ
โThen the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, "Why weren't we able to cast it out?"โ
โWhen they came to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down to him, saying,โ
โSo I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him."โ
โJesus rebuked him, the demon went out of him, and the boy was cured from that hour.โ
โJesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me."โ
โThe waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.โ
โI went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.โ
โ"When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.โ
โI have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?โ
