240+ Scriptures for you to read when you feel defeated and on the verge of giving up

Here are some 100+ scriptures for you to read when you feel defeated or when you feel like giving up:

Genesis 8:1

“Then God remembered Noah and every living thing and all the animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind pass over the earth, and the waters subsided.”

Genesis 21:1-3

“And the LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He had spoken. Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the time of which God had spoken to him. And Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him—who Sarah bore to him—Isaac.”

Genesis 30:22

“Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb. And she conceived and bore a son and said, ‘God has taken away my reproach.’ So she called his name Joseph and said, ‘The LORD shall add to me another son.’”

Exodus 2:23-24

“Now it happened in the course of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them.”

Numbers 23:19-20

“God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? Behold, I have received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.”

Deuteronomy 32:39

“Now see that I, even I, am He, and there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; nor is there any who can deliver from my hand.”

Joshua 1:9

“Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

1 Samuel 2:6–9

“The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up. The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up. He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the beggar from the ash heap to set them among princes and make them inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and He has set the world upon them. He will guard the feet of His saints, but the wicked shall be silent in darkness. For by strength no man shall prevail.”

1 Samuel 30:3-6

“So David and His men came to the city, and there it was, burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters had been taken captive. Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voices and wept, until they had no more power to weep. And David’s two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail, the widow of Nabal the Carmelite, had been taken captive. Now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him because the souls of all the people were grieving, every man for his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD, his God.”

Job 5:17-27

“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects; therefore, do not despise the chastening of the Almighty. He bruises, but He binds up; He wounds, but His hands make whole. He shall deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven, no evil shall touch you.

In famine, He shall redeem you from death, and in war, from the power of the sword. You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes. You shall laugh at destruction and famine, and you shall not be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

For you shall have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.

You shall know that your tent is in peace; you shall visit your dwelling and find nothing amiss. You shall also know that your descendants will be many, and your offspring will be like the grass of the earth. You shall come to the grave at full age, as a sheaf of grain ripens in its season. Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear it, and know for yourself.”

Job 7:19-21

“How long? Will You not look away from me and let me alone till I swallow my saliva? Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as Your target, so that I am a burden to myself? Why then do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now, I will lie down in the dust, and You will seek me diligently, but I will no longer be.”

Job 8:7

“Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would increase abundantly.”

Job 8:19-22

“Behold, God will not cast away the blameless, nor will He uphold the evildoers. He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with rejoicing. Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the dwelling place of the wicked will come to nothing.

Job 14:1-2

“A man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. He comes forth like a flower and fades away; he flees like a shadow and does not continue.”

Job 16:18-22

“O earth, do not cover my blood, and let my cry have no resting place! Surely even now, my witness is in heaven, and my evidence is on high. My friends scorn me; my eyes pour out tears to God. Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor! For when a few years are finished, I shall go the way of no return.”

Job 19:21

“Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has struck me!”

Job 19:25

“For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall stand at last on the earth; and after my skin is destroyed, this I know, that in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!”

Job 30:20-23

“I cry out to You, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You regard me. But You have become cruel to me; with the strength of Your hand, You oppose me. You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride on it. You spoil my success. For I know that You will bring me to death and to the house appointed for all living.”

Job 30:26-31

“But when I looked for good, evil came to me, and when I waited for light, then came darkness. My heart is in turmoil and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me. I go about mourning, but not in the sun; I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help. I am a brother of jackals and a companion of ostriches. My skin grows black and falls from me; my bones burn with fever. My harp is turned to mourning, and my flute to the voice of those who weep.”

Job 33:29

“Behold, God works all these things, twice, in fact, three times with a man, to bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of lie.”

Job 36:5-12

“Behold, God is mighty but despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding. He does not preserve the lives of the wicked but gives justice to the oppressed. He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous, but they are on the throne with kings, for He has seated them forever, and they are exalted. And if they are bound in fetters, held in the cords of affliction, then He tells them their work and their transgressions—that they acted defiantly.

He also opens their ears to instruction and commands that they turn away from iniquity. If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity and their years in pleasure. But if they do not obey, they shall perish by the sword, and they die without knowledge.”

Psalm 4:1

“Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.”

Psalm 7:1-2

“O LORD my God, in You I put my trust; save me from all those who persecute me; and deliver me, lest they tear me like a lion, rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver.”

Psalm 9:13-14

“Have mercy on me, O LORD! Consider my trouble from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death, that I may tell of all Your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion. I will rejoice in Your salvation.”

Psalm 13:1-2

“How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be exalted over me?”

Psalm 13:3-6

“Consider and hear me, O LORD my God; enlighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him’; lest those who trouble me rejoice when I am moved. But I have trusted in Your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. I will sing to the LORD, because He has dealt bountifully with me.”

Psalm 23:1

“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”

Psalm 25:1-2

“To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust in You; let me not be ashamed; let not my enemies triumph over me.”

Psalm 25:16-21

“Turn Yourself to me and have mercy on me, for I am desolate and afflicted. The troubles of my heart have enlarged; bring me out of my distress! Look at my affliction and my pain, and forgive all my sins. Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with cruel hatred. Keep my soul, and deliver me. Let me not be ashamed, for I put my trust in You. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for You.”

Psalm 27:7-10

“Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and answer me. When You said,’seek ‘my face,’ My heart said to You, ‘Your face, LORD, I will seek’. Do not hide Your face from me; do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation. When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take of me.”

Psalm 28:1-2

“To You I will cry, O LORD my Rock: do not be silent to me, lest, if You are silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You, when I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.”

Psalm 31:9-10

“Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am in trouble; my eye wastes away with grief, yes, my soul and my body! For my life is spent with grief and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.”

Psalm 38:21-22

“Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me! Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!”

Psalm 39:12-13

“Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; do not be silent at my tears; for I am a stranger with You, a sojourner, as all my fathers were. Remove Your gaze from me so that I may regain strength before I go away and am no more.”

Psalm 40:11-13

“Do not withhold Your tender mercies from me, O LORD; let Your lovingkindness and Your truth continually preserve me. For innumerable evils have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head; therefore, my heart fails me. Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; O LORD, make haste to help me!”

Psalm 42:11

“Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him, with the help of my countenance and my God.”

Psalm 46:1

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.”

Psalm 46:10

“Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations; I will be exalted in the earth!”

Psalm 55:1-3

“Give ear to my prayer, O God, and do not hide Yourself from my supplication. Attend to me, and hear me; I am restless in my complaint, and moan noisily, because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked; for they bring down trouble upon me, and in wrath they hate me.”

Psalm 56:1-2

“Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up; fighting all day, he oppresses me. My enemies would hound me all day, for there are many who fight against me, O Most High.”

Psalm 56:3-4

“Whenever I am afraid, I will trust in You. In God (I will praise His word), I have put my trust; I will not fear. What can flesh do to me?”

Psalm 57:1

“Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For my soul trusts in You, and in the shadow of Your wings I will make my refuge, until these calamities have passed by.”

Psalm 59:1-2

“Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; defend me from those who rise up against me. Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloodthirsty men.”

Psalm 61:1-4

“Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. From the end of the earth, I will cry to You when my heart is overwhelmed; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. You have been a shelter for me, a strong tower from the enemy. I will abide in Your tabernacle forever; I will trust in the shelter of Your wings.”

Psalm 62:5-7

“My soul, wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense; I shall not be moved. In God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.”

Psalm 66:10-12

“For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us as silver is refined. You brought us into the net; You laid affliction on our backs. You have caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but You brought us out into rich fulfillment.”

Psalm 69:1-3

“Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck. I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. I am weary with my crying; my throat is dry; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.”

Psalm 80:3

“Restore us, O God; cause Your face to shine, and we shall be saved.”

Psalm 88:1-18

“O LORD, God of my salvation, I have cried out day and night before You. Let my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to the grave. I am counted with those who go down to the pit; I am like a man who has no strength, adrift among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, and who are cut off from Your hand.

You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the depths. Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and You have afflicted me with all Your waves.

You have put away my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an abomination to them; I am shut up, and I cannot get out; my eye wastes away because of affliction.

LORD I have called daily upon You; I have stretched out my hands to You. Will You work wonders for the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise You?

Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction?

Shall Your wonders be known in the dark? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

But to You I have cried out, O LORD, and in the morning my prayer comes before You. LORD, why do You cast off my soul? I have been afflicted and ready to die from my youth; I suffer Your terrors; I am distraught.

Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off. They came around me all day long like water; they engulfed me altogether. Loved one and friend, You have put far from me, and my acquaintances into darkness.”

Psalm 102:1-7

“Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to You. Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my trouble; incline Your ear to me; in the day that I call, answer me speedily. My days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned like a hearth.

My heart is stricken and withered like grass, so I forget to eat my bread. Because of the sound of my groaning, my bones cling to my skin. I am like a pelican of the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert. I lie awake and am like a sparrow alone on the housetop.”

Psalm 118:17-18

“I shall not die, but live and declare the works of the LORD. The LORD has chastened me severely, but He has not given me over to death.”

Psalm 121:1

“I will lift up my eyes to the hills—from whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.”

Psalm 130:1-4

“Out of the depths, I have cried to You, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my applications. If You, LORD, should mark iniquities, O LORD, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with You, that You may be feared.”

Psalm 138:7-8

“Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch out Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand will save me. The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever; do not forsake the works of Your hands.”

Psalm 140:1-4

“Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men; preserve me from violent men, who plan evil things in their hearts; they continually gather together for war. They sharpen their tongues like a serpent; the poison of asps is under their lips.

Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from violent men, who have purposed to make my steps stumble.”

Psalm 141:1-2

“LORD, I cry to You; make haste to me! Give ear to my voice when I cry out to You. Let my prayer be set before You as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.”

Psalm 142:5-7

“I cried out to You, O LORD. I said, ‘You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I. Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise Your name; the righteous shall surround me, for You shall deal bountifully with me.’”

Psalm 146:8-9

“The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; the LORD raises those who are bowed down; the LORD loves the righteous. The LORD watches over the strangers; He relieves the fatherless and widow; but the way of the wicked He turns upside down.”

Isaiah 12:2

“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid; for Yah, the LORD, is my strength and song; He also has become my salvation.”

Isaiah 26:4

“Trust in the LORD forever, for in YAH, the LORD, is everlasting strength.”

Isaiah 35:3-4

“Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble knees. Say to those who are fearful-hearted, ‘be strong, and do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with recompense of God; He will come and save you.’”

Isaiah 41:10

“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.”

Isaiah 41:17-20

“The poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues fail for thirst. I, the LORD, will hear them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. I will open rivers in desolate heights and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

I will plant in the wilderness the cedar and the acacia tree, the myrtle and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the cypress tree and the pine and the box tree together, that they may see and know, and consider and understand together, that the hand of the LORD has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it.”

Isaiah 43:16-21

“Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the mighty waters, who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army, and the power (they shall lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinguished, they are quenched like a wick):

‘Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

The beast of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert to give drink to My people, My chosen. This people I have formed for myself; they shall declare My praise.’”

Isaiah 46:9-10

“Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure’”

Isaiah 54:17

“No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is from Me, says the LORD.”

Lamentations 3:25-33

“The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. It is good that one should hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth. Let him sit alone and keep silent, because God has laid it on him; let him put his mouth in the dust; there may yet be hope. Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him and be full of reproach.

For the LORD will not cast off forever. Though He causes grief, He will show compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. For He does not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.”

Lamentations 3:38-45

“Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that woe and well-being proceed? Why should a living man complain about the punishment for his sins? Let us search out and examine our ways and turn back to the LORD; let us lift our hearts and hands to God in heaven.

We have transgressed and rebelled; You have not pardoned. You have covered Yourself with anger and pursued us; You have slain and not pitied. You have covered Yourself with a cloud; that prayer should not pass through. You have made us an offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.”

Hosea 6:1-2

“Come, and let us return to the LORD; for He has torn, but He will heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up. After two days, He will revive us; on the third day, He will raise us up, so that we may live in His sight.”

Joel 2:12-14

“Now, therefore, says the LORD, ‘Turn to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.’ So rend your heart and not your garments; return to the LORD your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness; and He relents from doing harm.”

Jonah 2:7

“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer went up to You, into Your holy temple.”

Habakkuk 1:2-4

“O LORD, how long shall I cry, and You will not hear? Even cry out to You, ‘violence!’ and You will not save. Why do You show me iniquity and cause me to see trouble? Plundering and violence are before me; there is strife, and contention arises.

Therefore, the law is powerless, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked surround the righteous; therefore, perverse judgment proceeds.”

Habakkuk 1:13

“You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and you cannot look on wickedness. Why do You look on those who deal treacherously and hold Your tongue when the wicked devour a person more righteous than he?”

Malachi 4:2-3

“But to you who fear My name, the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings, and you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves. You shall trample the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day that I do this, says the LORD of hosts.”

Matthew 11:28

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.”

Romans 5:1-5

“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we also have access by faith into the grace in which we stand and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”

Romans 8:28

“And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”

Romans 8:35-37

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, ‘For Your sake, we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.’ Yet in all these things, we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.”

Romans 11:33-36

“Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways of finding out! ‘For who has known the mind of the LORD? Or who has become His counselor? Or who has first given to Him, and it shall be repaid to Him?’

For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen.”

Philippians 4:6-7

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”

1 Timothy 6:6–10

“Now godliness with contentment is a great gain. We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and clothing, with these we shall be content. But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts that drown men in destruction and perdition.

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from faith in their greediness and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.”

James 1:12

“Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.”

1 Peter 12:12–13

“Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.”

I hope this is helpful. God bless you, Shalom.

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Dear friend,

Life without Jesus Christ is difficult, if not impossible. That is why it is important to receive Him as your personal savior so that He can help you successfully navigate through the challenges of life.

If you are willing to receive Jesus Christ as your savior, that is, to be born again, kindly say the following prayer from the bottom of your heart:

Prayer to become a born-again Christian

“Lord Jesus, I confess that I am a sinner and hereby ask for your forgiveness.

I believe in my heart and confess with my mouth that you are the only begotten Son of the living God.

I believe that you were sent by your Father to the earth to save sinners like me.

I now accept you as my personal Lord and Savior.

Come into my heart and baptize me with the Holy Spirit.

Thank you for saving me.

In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

Amen!”

Congratulations friend! You are now a born-again Christian!

Welcome to the family of God!

Benediction

“The LORD bless you and keep you;

The Lord, make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you;

The LORD lift up His countenance upon you and give you peace.”

(Numbers 6:24-26)

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