Despondency: General Scriptures Concerning

Num 17:12, 13; Deu 28:65-67; Job 3:1-26; 17:13-16; Psa 31:22; 77:7-9; Pro 13:12; Isa 2:19; Jer 2:25; 8:20; 18:12; Lam 3:1-21; 5:22; Hsa 10:8; Jon 2:2-4; Mic 7:1-7; Mat 24:30; Luk 13:27, 28; 23:29, 30; Rev 6:14-17; 9:5, 6

Despondency: References Concerning

See AFFLICTION; RESIGNATION; SORROW; SUFFERING.

Despondency: Instances Of

Cain, when God pronounced judgment upon him for the murder of Abel,

Gen 4:13, 14.

Hagar, when cast out of the household of Abraham on account of the jealousy of Sarah,

Gen 21:15, 16.

Moses, when sent on his mission to the Israelites,

Exd 4:1, 10, 13; 6:12;

at the Red Sea,

Exd 14:15;

when the people craved for meat,

Num 11:15.

The Israelites, on account of the cruel oppressions of the Egyptians,

Exd 6:9.

Elijah, when he fled from Jezebel to the wilderness and sat under the juniper tree, and wanted to die,

1Ki 19:4.

Jonah after he had preached to the Ninevites,

Jon 4:3, 8.

The sailors with Paul,

Act 27:20.

Job, see the above extracts from the Book of Job.

Jeremiah, see the above extracts from the Lamentations of Jeremiah.

Despondency: Comfort In

Isa 35:3, 4; Luk 18:1-8; Hbr 12:12, 13

See AFFLICTION, CONSOLATION IN; RIGHTEOUS, PROMISES TO.