15 Unique Biblical Facts about Spiritual Anguish
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15 Unique Biblical Facts about Spiritual Anguish
- Job 7:11 – Job expresses his deep anguish and spiritual pain in a moment of despair, saying “Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit.”
- Psalm 18:6 – This verse speaks of God’s protection during times of spiritual anguish, saying “In my distress I called upon the LORD; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.”
- Psalm 22:11 – This verse speaks of a deep sense of spiritual anguish, saying “Be not far from me, for trouble is near, and there is none to help.”
- Psalm 42:5 – This verse speaks of the spiritual anguish of not being able to find God, saying “Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my help and my God.”
- Psalm 73:21 – This verse speaks of the spiritual anguish of feeling as if God is far away, saying “When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.”
- Psalm 77:3 – This verse speaks of a sense of spiritual anguish and desperation, saying “I remembered God, and was troubled; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.”
- Psalm 88:15 – This verse speaks of an intense sense of spiritual anguish, saying “Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer thy terrors; I am helpless.”
- Psalm 119:81 – This verse speaks of a deep spiritual anguish, saying “My soul longs for thy salvation; I hope in thy word.”
- Isaiah 38:14 – This verse speaks of a deep sense of spiritual anguish, saying “Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter; I mourned like a dove; my eyes grew weak looking upward. O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me!”
- Jeremiah 15:18 – This verse speaks of a deep sense of spiritual anguish, saying “Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Truly, thou art to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail.”
- Matthew 26:36-46 – In this passage, Jesus expresses his deep anguish in the Garden of Gethsemane, saying “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death.”
- Luke 22:44 – In this verse, Jesus expresses his deep anguish before his execution, saying “And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”
- Romans 8:26-27 – These verses speak of a deep spiritual anguish, saying “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 – These verses speak of a deep sense of spiritual anguish, saying “We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.”
- Hebrews 5:7 – This verse speaks of a deep spiritual anguish, saying “In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.”
