Biblical Concept: Comfort
Findings
Divine comfort.
Divine comfort in affliction.
“God, who comforts the depressed”
God’s strength, comfort relationship.
God’s word, comfort relationship.
Falsehood, comfort, contrast.
Child-raising and comfort relationship.
Oppressors, power, no comfort relationship.
Divine comfort for Israel.
Millennial comfort for Israel.
Millennial comfort in Jerusalem.
“comfort of the Holy Spirit”
“the Father of mercies and God of all
comfort”
“comforted by God”
“who comforts us in all our affliction”
“our comfort is abundant through Christ”
“may Thy lovingkindness
comfort me”
Christian comfort.
A wife’s comfort.
A husband’s comfort.
Interpersonal comfort.
Spiritual comfort.
Spiritual comfort overcomes affliction.
Spiritual relationship: suffering and
comfort.
Resurrection comfort.
Kingdom comfort.
Eternal comfort.
Miracle comfort.
“much joy and comfort in your love”
“we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the
comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God”
“in all our distress and affliction we were
comforted about you through your faith”
“Sorry comforters are you all”
“They comfort in vain.”
No comfort in judgment.
Comfort timing?
NAS 2 Corinthians 7:6
But God, who comforts the depressed, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
Comfort
NAS Genesis 37:35 Then
all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be
comforted. And he said, "Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my
son." So his father wept for him. (Jacob for Joseph.)
1 Chronicles 7:22 And their father Ephraim mourned many days,
and his relatives came to comfort him. (Ephraim for sons.)
NAS Job 2:11 Now when
Job's three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they
came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite,
Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they
made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him.
(Compare 16:2b.)
NAS Job 7:13 "If I
say, 'My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,' (Job)
NAS Job 21:34 "How
then will you vainly comfort me, For your answers remain full of falsehood?"
(Falsehood, comfort, contrast.)
NAS Job 30:28 "I go
about mourning without comfort; I stand up in the assembly and cry out
for help. (Job) (Comfort timing.)
NAS Psalm 23:4 Even
though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for
Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me. (God’s strength,
comfort relationship.)
NAS Psalm 71:21 Mayest Thou increase my greatness, And turn to comfort
me. (Divine comfort.)
NAS Psalm 119:50 This is
my comfort in my affliction, That Thy word has revived me. (God’s word, comfort
relationship.)
52 I have remembered Thine ordinances from of old, O LORD, And comfort myself.
(God’s word, comfort relationship.)
76 O may Thy lovingkindness comfort me, According to Thy word to Thy
servant. (“may Thy lovingkindness comfort me”) (God’s
word, comfort relationship.)
82 My eyes fail with
longing for Thy word, While I say, "When wilt Thou comfort me?"
(Comfort timing?)
NAS Proverbs 29:17
Correct your son, and he will give you comfort; He will also delight your soul.
(Child-raising and comfort relationship.)
NAS Ecclesiastes 4:1
Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under
the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they
had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was
power, but they had no one to comfort them. (Oppressors, power, no
comfort relationship.)
NAS Isaiah 12:1 Then you
will say on that day, "I will give thanks to Thee, O LORD; For although
Thou wast angry with me, Thine
anger is turned away, And Thou dost comfort me. (Divine comfort) (Comfort
timing.) (No comfort in judgment.)
NAS Isaiah 22:4
Therefore I say, "Turn your eyes away from me, Let me weep bitterly, Do
not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my
people." (No comfort in judgment.)
NAS Isaiah 40:1
"Comfort, O comfort My people," says your God. (Comfort encouragement
for Israel.)
NAS Isaiah 51:3 Indeed,
the LORD will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her waste places. And her
wilderness He will make like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD;
Joy and gladness will be found in her, Thanksgiving and sound of a melody. (Comfort
encouragement for Israel.)
19 These two things
have befallen you; Who will mourn for you? The devastation and destruction,
famine and sword; How shall I comfort you? (Comfort encouragement for Israel.)
NAS Isaiah 57:18 "I
have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to
him and to his mourners, (Comfort encouragement for Israel.)
NAS Isaiah 61:2 To
proclaim the favorable year of the LORD, And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn, (Comfort encouragement for Israel.)
NAS Isaiah 66:13
"As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; And you shall be
comforted in Jerusalem." (Millennial comfort for Israel.)
NAS Jeremiah 16:7
"Neither will men break bread in mourning for them, to comfort
anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone's
father or mother. (No comfort in judgment.)
NAS Jeremiah 31:13
"Then the virgin shall rejoice in the dance, And the young men and the
old, together, For I will turn their mourning into joy, And will comfort them,
and give them joy for their sorrow. (Comfort encouragement for Israel.)
NAS Lamentations 1:2 She
weeps bitterly in the night, And her tears are on her cheeks; She has none to
comfort her Among all her lovers. All her friends have dealt treacherously with
her; They have become her enemies. (Judah.) (No comfort in judgment.)
17 Zion stretches out
her hands; There is no one to comfort her; The LORD has commanded concerning
Jacob That the ones round about him should be his adversaries; Jerusalem has
become an unclean thing among them. (No comfort in judgment.)
21 "They have
heard that I groan; There is no one to comfort me; All my enemies have heard of
my calamity; They are glad that Thou hast done it. Oh, that Thou wouldst
bring the day which Thou hast proclaimed, That they may become like me. (No
comfort in judgment.)
NAS Lamentations 2:13
How shall I admonish you? To what shall I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem?
To what shall I liken you as I comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your
ruin is as vast as the sea; Who can heal you? (No comfort in judgment.)
NAS Ezekiel 14:23
"Then they will comfort you when you see their conduct and actions, for
you will know that I have not done in vain whatever I did to it," declares
the Lord God. (No comfort in judgment.) (Divine comfort for Israel.)
NAS Zechariah 1:17
"Again, proclaim, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "My cities
will again overflow with prosperity, and the LORD will again comfort Zion and
again choose Jerusalem." '" (Divine comfort for Israel.)
NAS Zechariah 10:2 For
the teraphim speak iniquity, And the diviners see
lying visions, And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the
people wander like sheep, They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.
(“They comfort in vain.”)
NAS Luke 6:24 "But
woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full. (No
comfort in judgment.)
NAS Acts 9:31 So the
church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built
up; and, going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy
Spirit, it continued to increase. (“comfort of the Holy Spirit”)
NAS 2 Corinthians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
mercies and God of all comfort; (“the Father of mercies and God of all
comfort”)
4 who comforts us in
all our affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any
affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
(“comforted by God”) (“who comforts us in all our affliction”)
5 For just as the
sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant
through Christ. (“our comfort is abundant through Christ”) (Christian comfort.)
6 But if we are
afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is
for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same
sufferings which we also suffer; (Spiritual relationship: suffering and
comfort.) (Christian comfort.)
7 and our hope for you
is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also
you are sharers of our comfort. (Spiritual relationship: suffering and
comfort.) (Christian comfort.)
NAS 2 Corinthians 2:7 so
that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest
somehow such a one be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. (Spiritual relationship:
suffering and comfort.)
NAS 2 Corinthians 7:4
Great is my confidence in you, great is my boasting on your behalf; I am filled
with comfort. I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction. (Spiritual
comfort overcomes affliction.)
7 and not only by his
coming, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, as he
reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I
rejoiced even more. (2 Corinthians 7:6 But God, who comforts the depressed, comforted us by the coming of
Titus;) (Christian comfort.)
13 For this reason we
have been comforted. And besides our comfort, we rejoiced even much more for
the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. (Christian
comfort.)
NAS Ephesians 6:22 And I
have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know about us, and
that he may comfort your hearts. (Ephesians 6:21-24 21 But that you also may know
about my circumstances, how I am doing, Tychicus, the
beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make everything known
to you. 22 And I have sent
him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know about us, and that he
may comfort your hearts. 23
Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be
with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with a love incorruptible.)
(Christian comfort.)
NAS 1 Thessalonians 4:18
Therefore comfort one another with these words. (1
Thessalonians 4:13-18 13
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep,
that you may not grieve, as do the rest who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus
died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep
in Jesus. 15 For this we say
to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, and remain until the
coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord Himself will
descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ
shall rise first. 17 Then we
who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to
meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore comfort one another
with these words.)
(Resurrection comfort.) (Christian comfort.)
NAS 2 Thessalonians 2:16
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and
given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, (Eternal comfort.)
17 comfort and
strengthen your hearts in every good work and word. (Divine comfort.)
NAS Philemon 1:7 For I
have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the
saints have been refreshed through you, brother. (“much joy and comfort in your
love”) (Christian comfort.)
Comforted
NAS Genesis 24:67 Then
Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and he took Rebekah,
and she became his wife; and he loved her; thus Isaac was comforted after his
mother's death. (A wife’s comfort.) (Interpersonal comfort.)
NAS Genesis 37:35 35 Then all his sons and
all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he
said, "Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son." So his
father wept for him. (Jacob for Joseph.) (Interpersonal comfort.)
NAS Genesis 50:21
"So therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little
ones." So he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. (Joseph to his
brothers.) (Interpersonal comfort.)
NAS Ruth 2:13 Then she
said, "I have found favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted
me and indeed have spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one
of your maidservants." (Interpersonal comfort.) (Spiritual comfort.)
NAS 2 Samuel 12:24 Then
David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her; and
she gave birth to a son, and he named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved him (A
husband’s comfort.) (Interpersonal comfort.)
NAS 2 Samuel 13:39 And the
heart of King David longed to go out to Absalom; for he was comforted
concerning Amnon, since he was dead. (Interpersonal
comfort.)
NAS Job 29:25 "I
chose a way for them and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king among the troops, As
one who comforted the mourners. (Job to his lousy comforters.)
NAS Job 42:11 Then all
his brothers, and all his sisters, and all who had known him before, came to
him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and
comforted him for all the evil that the LORD had brought on him. And each one
gave him one piece of money, and each a ring of gold. (Interpersonal comfort.)
NAS Psalm 77:2 In the
day of my trouble I sought the Lord; In the night my hand was stretched out
without weariness; My soul refused to be comforted. (Comfort timing.) (Divine
comfort.) (Spiritual comfort.)
NAS Psalm 86:17 Show me
a sign for good, That those who hate me may see it, and be ashamed,
Because Thou, O LORD, hast helped me and comforted me. (Divine comfort.)
NAS Isaiah 49:13 Shout
for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O
mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, And will have compassion on
His afflicted. (Divine comfort.) (Divine comfort for Israel.)
NAS Isaiah 52:9 Break
forth, shout joyfully together, You waste places of Jerusalem; For the LORD has
comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem. (Millennial comfort in
Jerusalem.)
NAS Isaiah 54:11 "O
afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted, Behold, I will set your stones
in antimony, And your foundations I will lay in sapphires. (Divine comfort for
Israel.)
NAS Isaiah 66:13
"As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; And you shall be
comforted in Jerusalem." (Millennial comfort in Jerusalem.)
NAS Jeremiah 31:15 Thus
says the LORD, "A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter
weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for
her children, Because they are no more." (No comfort in judgment.) (See
context.)
NAS Ezekiel 14:22
"Yet, behold, survivors will be left in it who will be brought out, both
sons and daughters. Behold, they are going to come forth to you and you
will see their conduct and actions; then you will be comforted for the calamity
which I have brought against Jerusalem for everything which I have brought upon
it. (No comfort in judgment.) (Divine
comfort for Israel.)
NAS Ezekiel 31:16
"I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall when I made it go down
to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the well-watered trees of
Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, were comforted in the earth beneath.
(No comfort in judgment.) (See context.)
NAS Ezekiel 32:31
"These Pharaoh will see, and he will be comforted for all his multitude
slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his army," declares the
Lord God. (No comfort in judgment.) (See context.)
NAS Matthew 2:18 "A
voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her
children; And she refused to be comforted, Because they were no more." (No
comfort in judgment.)
NAS Matthew 5:4
"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. (Kingdom
comfort.) (Eternal comfort.)
NAS Luke 16:25 "But
Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your life you received your good things,
and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you
are in agony. (Eternal comfort.)
NAS Acts 20:12 And they
took away the boy alive, and were greatly comforted. (Miracle comfort.)
NAS 2 Corinthians 1:4
who comforts us in all our affliction so that we may be able to comfort those
who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are
comforted by God. (“who comforts us in all our affliction”) (“we may be able to
comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we
ourselves are comforted by God”)
6
But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are
comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring
of the same sufferings which we also suffer; (Spiritual relationship: suffering
and comfort.)
NAS 2 Corinthians 7:6
But God, who comforts the depressed, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
(Spiritual relationship: suffering and comfort.)
7
and not only by his coming, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted
in you, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so
that I rejoiced even more. (Christian comfort.)
13 For this reason we
have been comforted. And besides our comfort, we rejoiced even much more for
the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. (Christian
comfort.)
NAS 2 Corinthians 13:11
Finally, brethren, rejoice, be made complete, be comforted, be like-minded,
live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. (Christian
comfort.)
NAS 1 Thessalonians 3:7
for this reason, brethren, in all our distress and affliction we were comforted
about you through your faith; (“in all our distress and affliction we were
comforted about you through your faith”) (Spiritual relationship: suffering and
comfort.) (Christian comfort.)
Comforter
NAS Lamentations 1:9 Her
uncleanness was in her skirts; She did not consider her future; Therefore she
has fallen astonishingly; She has no comforter. "See, O LORD, my
affliction, For the enemy has magnified himself!" (No comfort in
judgment.)
16 "For these
things I weep; My eyes run down with water; Because far from me is a comforter,
One who restores my soul; My children are desolate Because the enemy has
prevailed." (No comfort in judgment.)
Comforts
NAS 1 Chronicles 19:3
But the princes of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, "Do you think that David is honoring your
father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Have not his servants come to
you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?" (Abstract: No
comfort in judgment.)
NAS Job 16:2 "I
have heard many such things; Sorry comforters are you all. (“Sorry comforters
are you all”)
NAS Psalm 69:20 Reproach
has broken my heart, and I am so sick. And I looked for sympathy, but there was
none, And for comforters, but I found none. (No comfort in judgment.)
NAS Nahum 3:7 "And
it will come about that all who see you Will shrink from you and say, 'Nineveh
is devastated! Who will grieve for her?' Where will I seek comforters for
you?" (No comfort in judgment.)
Comforting
NAS 2 Samuel 14:17
"Then your maidservant said, 'Please let the word of my lord the king be
comforting, for as the angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and
evil. And may the LORD your God be with you.'" (No comfort in judgment.)
NAS Isaiah 66:11 That
you may nurse and be satisfied with her comforting breasts, That you may suck
and be delighted with her bountiful bosom." (Millennial comfort for
Israel.)
NAS Zechariah 1:13 And
the LORD answered the angel who was speaking with me with gracious words,
comforting words. (Divine comfort.)
Comforts
NAS Isaiah 51:12
"I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you are afraid of man
who dies, And of the son of man who is made like grass; (Divine comfort.)
NAS Isaiah 66:13
"As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; And you shall be
comforted in Jerusalem." (Millennial comfort for Israel.)
NAS 2 Corinthians 1:4
who comforts us in all our affliction so that we may be able to comfort those
who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are
comforted by God. (Divine comfort in affliction.)
NAS 2 Corinthians 7:6
But God, who comforts the depressed, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
(“God, who comforts the depressed”)