The word in Scripture

Consolation in the Bible

The word consolation appears 15 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Consolation is comfort that soothes the grieving heart. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What consolation means in the Bible

Consolation is comfort that soothes the grieving heart.

Where the word consolation appears

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

“Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.”Jeremiah 16:7

“And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.”Luke 2:25

“But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.”Luke 6:24

“And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,”Acts 4:36

“Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.”Acts 15:31

“Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:”Romans 15:5

“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

“That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:”Hebrews 6:18