The sadness experienced when people or circumstances do not fulfil expectations.

Job 6:19-21

Disappointment caused by people or circumstances

Jeremiah 8:15

See also

Psalms 10:1
Proverbs 10:1; 13:12; 17:21; 29:21
Ecclesiastes 6:2
Isaiah 49:4
Jeremiah 2:36; 14:19
Lamentations 4:17
Ezekiel 37:11
Luke 24:21

Disappointment as a result of not understanding God's purposes

See also

Job 30:26
Psalms 73:13
Jeremiah 15:18
Proverbs 11:7

Disappointment as the result of sin

Haggai 1:9

See also

Job 11:20
Proverbs 10:28
Lamentations 3:18
Hosea 13:15
Joel 1:10
Zechariah 9:5
Ruth 1:20

Examples of disappointment

1 Samuel 1:10

Naomi at her losses

1 Samuel 15:11

Hannah with her childlessness

1 Samuel 30:3-6

Samuel with Saul

1 Kings 19:4

David and his men at Ziklag

Matthew 19:22

Elijah with his own performance

pp Mk 10:22

2 Corinthians 12:21

pp Lk 18:23

the rich young man

Galatians 1:6

Paul's possible disappointment with the Corinthians

Paul with the Galatians

Genesis 6:6

God's disappointment with people

1 Samuel 15:35

See also

Psalms 78:40
Isaiah 63:10
Ezekiel 6:9
Joshua 21:45

God does not disappoint his faithful people

Romans 5:5

See also

Joshua 23:14
1 Kings 8:56
Psalms 22:5; 25:3; 119:116

See also

5799 bitterness
5831 depression
5839 dissatisfaction
5938 sadness
5952 sorrow
5970 unhappiness
8713 discouragement
8741 failure
9610 hope