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.—Psalm xxiii. 4.
This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.—Psalm cxix. 50.
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.—Isaiah, xl. 1.
I, even I, am He that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the Son of Man which shall be made as grass; and forgettest the Lord thy Maker.—Isaiah, li. 12, 13.
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn.—Isaiah, lxi. 1, 2.
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.—II. Corinthians, i. 3, 4.
There is a haven yet to rest my soul on,
In midst of all unhappiness, which I look on