The best Bible verses for comfort (ESV) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for comfort (ESV), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem."Isaiah 66:13
"As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem."Isaiah 66:13
"No one shall break bread for the mourner, to comfort him for the dead, nor shall anyone give him the cup of consolation to drink for his father or his mother."Jeremiah 16:7
"Then shall the young women rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy; I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow."Jeremiah 31:13
"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.”"Jeremiah 31:15
"and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother."John 11:19
"When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there."John 11:31
"She weeps bitterly in the night, with tears on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they have become her enemies."Lamentations 1:2
"Her uncleanness was in her skirts; she took no thought of her future; therefore her fall is terrible; she has no comforter. “O LORD, behold my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!”"Lamentations 1:9
"“For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears; for a comforter is far from me, one to revive my spirit; my children are desolate, for the enemy has prevailed.”"Lamentations 1:16
"Zion stretches out her hands, but there is none to comfort her; the LORD has commanded against Jacob that his neighbors should be his foes; Jerusalem has become a filthy thing among them."Lamentations 1:17
"But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish."Luke 16:25
"“A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”"Matthew 2:18
"So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,"Philippians 2:1
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for comfort (ESV) are Isaiah 66:13, Jeremiah 8:18, Jeremiah 16:7. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to comfort (ESV) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for comfort (ESV), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.