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16 Bible Verses About Comfort

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  • Second Corinthians 1:3-4 calls God “the God of all comfort” and says he comforts believers so that they can comfort others.
  • Isaiah 66:13 compares the Lord’s comfort to a mother comforting her child.
  • Psalm 23 speaks about the Lord in the third person until verse 4, where the psalmist turns and says, “you are with me.”
  • In 1 Thessalonians 4:18 the comfort a grieving church is told to give one another is the hope of the resurrection in the verses before it.
  • The Greek noun parakletos, used of the Holy Spirit in John 14:16, is rendered “advocate” in the NIV and “Comforter” in the King James Version.

The Bible calls God “the God of all comfort” and says he comforts people so that they can comfort others. Both come from the opening of Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians (1:3-4). Isaiah 40:1 begins with “Comfort, comfort my people,” and Jesus promises that those who mourn “will be comforted” (Matthew 5:4). In Isaiah 40:1, Isaiah 66:13 and Psalm 23:4, the Hebrew verb is nacham, which can also mean to relent or be sorry. In 2 Corinthians 1:4 and…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Strong’s Hebrew 5162, נָחַם (nacham): to comfort, to repent, to relent, to be sorry; used twice in Isaiah 40:1. biblehub.com/hebrew/5162

Strong’s Greek 3870, παρακαλέω (parakaleo): to call to one’s side, to exhort, to encourage, to comfort; cited for 1 Thessalonians 4:18 and 2 Corinthians 1:4. biblehub.com/greek/3870

Strong’s Greek 3875, παράκλητος (parakletos): Advocate, Helper, Comforter, Counselor; used of the Holy Spirit in John 14:16. biblehub.com/greek/3875

King James Version, John 14:16 (“another Comforter”) and 1 Thessalonians 4:18 (“comfort one another with these words”). biblegateway.com

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