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21 Bible Verses About Feelings

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  • Ephesians 4:26 quotes Psalm 4:4 in its Septuagint wording, “In your anger do not sin,” and sets sundown as the limit for anger.
  • 2 Corinthians 7:10 separates godly sorrow, which leads to repentance, from worldly sorrow, which brings death.
  • Philippians 4:6-7 and 1 Peter 5:7 direct anxiety into prayer, and Philippians promises peace that guards heart and mind.
  • In Nehemiah 8 the people weep as the Law is read and are told to celebrate instead, because “the joy of the Lord is your strength.”
  • Jesus weeps at the tomb of Lazarus in John 11, and Hebrews 4:15 says he can empathize with human weakness.

The Bible names feelings freely and gives instructions about what to do with them. Grief has its time (Ecclesiastes 3:4), anger is given a limit of one day (Ephesians 4:26), anxiety is taken to God in prayer (Philippians 4:6-7; 1 Peter 5:7), and joy is listed with peace and self-control as fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). Scripture also describes God and Jesus with feelings. Jesus wept at the tomb of Lazarus (John 11:35), the Holy Spirit can be grieved…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

Bible Gateway. Ephesians 4 (NIV), footnote to verse 26: “Psalm 4:4 (see Septuagint).” biblegateway.com

Strong’s Hebrew 7264, רָגַז (ragaz): to be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited, perturbed. biblehub.com/hebrew/7264

The King James Version is quoted once, at Proverbs 29:11.

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