The word in Scripture

Comfort in the Bible

The word comfort appears 66 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Comfort is the strengthening nearness of God to the hurting. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What comfort means in the Bible

Comfort is the strengthening nearness of God to the hurting.

Where the word comfort appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word comfort appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”Psalms 23:4

“Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.”Psalms 119:76

“Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.”Isaiah 40:1

“And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.”John 11:19

“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.”Romans 15:4

“Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;”2 Corinthians 1:3

“Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.”Ephesians 6:22

“If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,”Philippians 2:1