Where to Look in the Bible

WHEN …

anxious … Psalms 121,107; Luke 7, 17; Philippians 4:6, 1 Peter 5:6; Hebrews 12:4-11, 13:5

business is poor … Psalm 37; Ecclesiastes 5

discouraged … Psalms 23, 42, 43

everything goes from bad to worse … 2 Timothy 3; Hebrews 13

sorrow overtakes you … Psalm 46; Matthew 28

friends seem to go back on you … Matthew 5; 1 Corinthians 13; Psalms 35, 41:9-13; 55:12-23; Luke 17:3,4; Romans 12:14, 17, 19

tempted … Psalms 1:1; 15, 19, 139; Matthew 4, 6:24, 26:41; James 1; Mark 13:33-37; Luke 21:33-36; Romans 13:11-14; 1 Corinthians 10-13; Colossians 1:12-27

sad … Psalm 34, 71; Isaiah 40

too busy … Ecclesiastes 3:1-15

you can’t sleep … Psalms 4, 46:1, 56, 130; Isaiah 26:3; Philippians 4:7

you have quarreled … Matthew 18; Ephesians 4; James 4

tired … Psalm 95:1-7; Matthew 11; Deuteronomy 33:27; Psalm 55:22; Psalm 73:26; Isaiah 40:31; Jonah 2:7; Matthew 11:28-30; 2 Corinthians 4:16

worried … Psalm 46; Matthew 6:25-34; Philippians 4:4-13; Hebrews 13:-6; 1 Peter 5:6-7

challenged by opposing forces … Ephesians 6; Philippians 4

facing a crisis … Job 28:12-28; Psalm 119:71; Proverbs 8; Isaiah 55; 2 Tim.1:7; Hebrews 4:16, 12:4-11

jealous … Psalm 49; Proverbs 6:34; James 3

impatient … 1 Corinthians 15; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:28; Ephesians 3; Psalms 23, 71, 91; Isaiah 26:3; Philippians 4:7; James 5:7-11

desiring peace … John 14; Romans 8; Psalms 46:10-11, 107, 119:165; Isaiah 26:3-4, 32:17-18; John.14:27; 1 Corinthians 14:33; Romans 5:1-5; Colossians 3:15; James 3:17-18

all is well … Psalms 33:12-22; 100; 1 Timothy 6; James 2:1-17

afraid … Psalms 27, 56:3, 4, 139:23-24; Isaiah 41:13; Romas 8:18-27; 2 Corinthians 12:9; John 3; Revelation 14

bereaved … Matthew 5:4; Luke 6:21; 1 Corinthians 15; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:28; Revelation 21, 22

in pain, sick or suffering … Psalms 6, 39, 41, 42, 67; Matthew 26:39-42; Romans 8:18; 2 Timothy 2:2-13; Hebrews 12:1-11; James 5:11-15; Isaiah 26; 1 Peter 4:12, 13, 19

in need of comfort … Job 5:19, 11:13-19; Psalms 25, 30:5, 42:5, 103:11-13, 119:50-76; 121; 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

needing forgiveness … Psalm 130:4; Luke 7:36-50, 15; Acts 13:38, 26:18; Ephesians 2:1-10; Colossians 1:14; Matthew 23

weak in faith … Isaiah 65:24; Psalms 55:22, 14, 126, 146; Luke 18:27; Romans 10:17; Hebrews 11, 12; 1 John 5:11-13

needing prayer … Psalms 4, 6, 25, 42, 51; 1 Kings 8:12-61; Matthew 6:5-15; Luke 11, 18:1-14; John 17; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18; 1 John.5:14, 15

God seems far away … Psalms 25, 42, 125, 138, 139; Luke 10:9; James 4:1-10

alone or fearful … Exodus 14:13; Psalm 23:4, 27, 91; Luke 8:22-39; 2 Timothy 1:7; 1 Peter 4

troubled … Psalms 31, 38, 40; Romans 5:3-5, 8;18; Hebrews 12:4-11

bearing a grudge … 2 Corinthians 4; Ephesians 4:25-32; Luke 6

bored … Romans 12; 1 Corinthians 12, 13; Ephesians 4:7-12

discouraged or frustrated … Isaiah 41:10; Psalm 23, 40, 42, 43, 107:19; Hebrews 12

satisfied with yourself … Proverbs 11; Luke 16

seeking good investments … Matthew 17

starting a new job … Psalm 1; Proverbs 16; Philippians 3:7-21

given responsibility … Joshua 1:1-9; Proverbs 2; 2 Corinthians 8:1-15

making a new home … Psalm 127; Proverbs 17; Ephesians 5; Colossians 3; 1 Peter 3:1-17; 1 John 4

out for a good time … Matthew 15:1-20; 2 Corinthians 3; Galations 5

experiencing severe losses … Colossians 1; 1 Peter 1

disobedient … Isaiah 6; Mark 12; Luke 5; Psalm 51; Isaiah 53; John 3; 1 John 1

leaving home … Psalm 119; Proverbs 3, 4

planning your budget … Mark 4; Luke 19

want a worshipful mood … Psalms 24, 84, 116; Isaiah 1:10-20; John 4:1-45

Source: An unreferenced handout from All Saints, Salina, Kansas.