7 Bible Verses about Bad News

He will not fear evil tidings;
His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.

So they gave out to the sons of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, “The land through which we have gone, in spying it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great size.

Or he who hears it will reproach you,
And the evil report about you will not pass away.

Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be spared?

We have heard the report of it;
Our hands are limp.
Anguish has seized us,
Pain as of a woman in childbirth.

And when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that is coming; and every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes and it will happen,’ declares the Lord God.”

But rumors from the East and from the North will disturb him, and he will go forth with great wrath to destroy and annihilate many.