Dictionary of Bible Themes A deep sense of despondency, discouragement and sadness, often linked with a sense of personal powerlessness and a loss of meaning in and enthusiasm for life. Many biblical characters show evidence of such behaviour which originates in a number of different ways. 2 Corinthians 1:8Some causes of depression See also External circumstances 1 Kings 19:3-4Job 9:23 Psalms 42:1-11; 88:1-18 Joel 1:11 1 Kings 19:5-8 See also Physical illness or exhaustion Genesis 21:15-16Psalms 6:1-7; 22:14-17; 31:9-12 Isaiah 38:1-2 Jonah 1:5 1 Kings 19:1-3 Fear of others 1 Kings 19:4See also Fear of failure Exodus 4:1Numbers 11:11-15 Matthew 27:3-4 See also Serious sin Psalms 25:16-18Jeremiah 14:2-3,7; 16:9-10 Ezekiel 4:16-17; 7:26-27; 12:19 Revelation 16:10-11 Ecclesiastes 2:17-20 A sense of the futility of life Psalms 22:1-2See also Loss of sense of God's presence Matthew 27:46Mark 15:34 Numbers 11:15 Symptoms of depression See also A loathing of life and a desire to end it 1 Kings 19:4Job 10:1 Ecclesiastes 2:17 Jeremiah 20:15-18 Jonah 4:8 Genesis 21:16 See also Deep sorrow Judges 21:21 Samuel 1:10,16 Psalms 42:3 Nehemiah 1:4; 2:2 Esther 4:1-3 Job 16:16 Lamentations 2:11 1 Kings 19:10 See also Loneliness Numbers 11:141 Kings 19:14 Psalms 42:5 See also Perplexity Habakkuk 1:2Luke 24:17 John 16:6 Job 17:1 See also Despair Psalms 88:3-92 Corinthians 1:8-9 Psalms 55:6-8 See also Escapism 1 Kings 19:1-3Jeremiah 8:22 Psalms 22:1 See also Feeling forsaken by God Psalms 27:9; 38:21Isaiah 49:14 Jeremiah 15:18 Lamentations 3:1-20 Judges 6:13 Examples of spiritual depression 1 Kings 19:9-18Psalms 22:1-2,6-8; 42:1-7,9-11; 43:1-5 1 Kings 19:11 Remedies for depression Isaiah 26:3Renewed vision of God and being centred upon him See also Jeremiah 17:7-8Romans 8:6 Psalms 42:11 See also Hope and trust in God Psalms 22:9-11,22-31Habakkuk 3:16-18 Psalms 30:1 See also Praise Psalms 42:5; 107:1-43Isaiah 61:1-3 2 Corinthians 4:8-12 Psalms 77:11-12 See also Reviewing what God has done Psalms 42:6; 143:5Lamentations 3:19-26 2 Corinthians 7:6 Philippians 4:6-7 See also Prayer Psalms 139:23See also 5560 suffering5770 abandonment 5799 bitterness 5901 loneliness 5952 sorrow 5970 unhappiness 8104 assurance 8283 joy 8713 discouragement 8741 failure 8754 fear 9614 hope, results of absence |
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