The Bible is a treasure-trove of passages that comfort and inspire. Here are a few of my personal favorites. (Also, see Psalms page.)

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1
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.
(John 13:34, NAS)

2
Abide in Me, and I in you.
(John 15:4, NAS)

3
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.  (1 John 4: 7-8, NAS)

4
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.  (Matthew 11:28-30, NIV)

5
Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct your paths.
(Proverbs 3:5-6, NKJV)

6
If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.  (1 John 4:12, NAS)

7
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Matthew 6:19-21, NAS)

8
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.  (Matthew 5:8, NAS)

9
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.   (John 14:27, NAS)

10
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? … But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:35 and 37-9, NAS)

11
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”  (1 Corinthians 15:54-55, NIV)

12
Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13, KJV:  The Lord’s Prayer)

13
To every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under heaven.
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
(Ecclesiastes 3:1-4, NKJV)

14
For you shall go out in joy,
and be led back in peace;
the mountains and the hills before you
shall burst into song,
and all the trees of the field
shall clap their hands.
(Isaiah 55:12, NRSV)

15
So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three;
but the greatest of these is love.  (1 Corinthians 13:13, ESV)

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NOTES

The following translations were used to compile these passages:

NAS = New American Standard Bible

NKJV = New King James Version

NRSV = New Revised Standard Version

NIV = New International Version

ESV = English Standard Version

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