Here are 89 Bible verses about mental illness from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible (King James Version), sorted from most to least relevant.
Psalms 34:17-20 KJV
The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
Philippians 4:6-7 KJV
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 1:7 KJV
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Isaiah 41:10 KJV
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
Matthew 4:24 KJV
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
John 16:33 KJV
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
1 Peter 5:7 KJV
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Acts 20:35 KJV
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
2 Corinthians 12:9 KJV
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
1 Corinthians 10:13 KJV
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Luke 1:37 KJV
There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Romans 12:2 KJV
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Romans 12:16 KJV
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Jonah 2:5-7 KJV
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
2 Corinthians 12:10 KJV
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
Psalms 56:11 KJV
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
1 Peter 5:8 KJV
In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.
Jeremiah 29:11 KJV
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
Romans 8:28 KJV
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Matthew 11:28 KJV
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 12:12 KJV
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
1 John 4:1 KJV
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Joshua 1:9 KJV
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Philippians 4:19 KJV
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 KJV
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
3 John 1:2 KJV
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
Philippians 4:8 KJV
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
Philippians 4:13 KJV
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
John 14:27 KJV
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
Luke 11:24 KJV
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Psalms 46:10 KJV
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
Romans 8:18 KJV
Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Matthew 6:34 KJV
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
2 Corinthians 4:16 KJV
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
1 John 4:8 KJV
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Jeremiah 17:9 KJV
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
James 4:7 KJV
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Hebrews 4:12 KJV
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Isaiah 53:5 KJV
For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Proverbs 15:13 KJV
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Luke 9:1 KJV
A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Ephesians 4:23 KJV
Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
Ephesians 6:12 KJV
And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
Romans 8:6 KJV
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
2 Corinthians 10:5 KJV
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
1 John 4:18 KJV
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
Isaiah 26:3 KJV
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Proverbs 17:22 KJV
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
John 14:18 KJV
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
Proverbs 16:24 KJV
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
1 Timothy 1:5 KJV
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Ephesians 5:18 KJV
Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
John 10:10 KJV
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Philippians 2:5 KJV
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
Psalms 118:17 KJV
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
1 Samuel 16:23 KJV
I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD.
Proverbs 4:23 KJV
And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
Psalms 9:9 KJV
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
1 John 4:16 KJV
The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
Luke 12:48 KJV
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Psalms 57:1 KJV
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Exodus 15:26 KJV
Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.
Deuteronomy 28:28 KJV
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
Revelation 1:1 KJV
The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
Ecclesiastes 12:13 KJV
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Romans 15:13 KJV
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
Proverbs 14:30 KJV
Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
1 John 4:4 KJV
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Luke 12:3 KJV
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
1 Kings 16:18 KJV
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
John 3:16 KJV
And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king’s house, and burnt the king’s house over him with fire, and died,
Galatians 6:2 KJV
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Hebrews 12:1 KJV
Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Galatians 5:22 KJV
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
1 Peter 5:10 KJV
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Psalms 34:17 KJV
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
Philippians 1:6 KJV
The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Jeremiah 51:7 KJV
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:
Jeremiah 25:16 KJV
Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD’S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad.
2 Thessalonians 2:11 KJV
And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them.
1 Samuel 18:10 KJV
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
Jeremiah 10:19 KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul’s hand.
Psalms 41:3 KJV
Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
Psalms 38:6 KJV
The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Proverbs 17:21 KJV
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Psalms 38:8 KJV
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
Psalms 38:5 KJV
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Acts 20:23 KJV
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
Daniel 4:37 KJV
Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
1 Samuel 16:14 KJV
Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
1 Samuel 19:9 KJV
But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
