COMFORT

Awake! magazine: w96 1/15 20; g95 1/8 22-24; g95 10/8 30

Bible examples: scl 19-20; w11 10/15 25-26

Barnabas: bt 86, 95; w19.10 22; w98 4/15 20-23

Jehovah comforts Elijah: mwb22.09 10

Job’s “friends” poor comforters: ijwia article 4; mwb23.11 4; w20.03 22-23; w19.06 21-22; w95 2/15 27

Noah to bring comfort (Ge 5:29): w17.06 8; w01 11/15 29; w96 11/1 8

Onesiphorus comforts Paul: w97 11/15 29-31

Paul comforted: w20.01 8-12

“comfort zone” guarded by some: w86 10/15 11-12

compassion related: w23.11 10

discussion: scl 18-20; w17.06 4-8; w11 10/15 23-31; w03 5/1 14-24; w96 11/1 3-18

during critical times: w02 10/1 3-7

during difficulties: w23.10 13-14; scl 18-19; w17.06 4-8, 26; w96 11/1 11-12

during persecution: w03 5/1 18-19

experiences: w20.01 9-13; w00 4/15 3-4; w99 5/15 27-28

attend meeting after son’s death: w01 5/1 11

blind lady with cancer: yb12 62-63

bus-collision tragedy (Spain, 1996): g96 8/22 27

cancer victim: w07 3/15 6

comforts others while recovering from major surgery: ijwex article 23

district overseer with lymphoma: w13 3/15 18

letter for woman visiting chapel: yb07 54

mother who lost daughter in mass shooting: ijwex article 25

mud-slide victims: w03 5/1 22-23

non-Witnesses praise congregation: g05 10/22 31; w98 7/15 32

parents of young boy die: w03 5/1 5

schoolteacher sad over death of sister’s child: yb09 46

ship’s crew who suffered calamities: yb13 65-66

sister crying during Kingdom song: w23.04 6-7; km 9/98 1

widowers: w19.06 23

widows: w19.06 23-24; w12 9/1 20; yb07 45; w99 5/15 27; g98 4/8 21-24

wife, then daughter, had died: yb12 82

for afflicted: w04 2/15 8-9

for death of a loved one: ijwbq article 189; scl 54-55; w17.07 12-16; g 7/12 14; w08 7/1 6-8; w07 7/15 28-29; we 3-31; g02 5/8 19; w01 4/15 22-24; w95 6/1 11-16; g91 2/8 12-13; rs 118

at funeral: w90 10/15 31

boy who lost grandfather: w90 9/15 32

brochure When Someone You Love Dies: km 7/97 4

elders take lead: w90 10/15 31

for children: lff lesson 30; g 7/12 13-15; yp1 312-313; w08 7/1 18-20; we 25

for Christians: g94 3/8 26-27

for mates: w24.12 22; w19.06 23-25; w17.06 6-7; w10 11/15 17-18

for parents: wp21.1 7; wp18.1 13; w07 5/1 4-7; w01 5/1 11; g91 2/8 18-19; g91 3/8 26-27

for youths: g94 8/22 27; g94 9/8 21-23

from Jehovah: wp18.3 9; w17.07 16; wp16.5 3, 8; w07 5/1 4-7; w06 6/15 4-6; w91 10/1 15-16

from knowing condition of the dead: scl 54

hope of new world: g91 2/8 11-13

in field ministry: km 4/08 8

resurrection hope: bt 168; wp16.3 8; w08 7/1 8; w07 5/15 28-29; w06 5/15 30; we 5-6, 27-30; ie 29; w95 2/15 12; w89 10/15 5-7; w86 10/1 12-13

video Comfort for Those Who Mourn: mrt articles 54, 69

what others can do: mwb25.09 12; scl 55; w22.01 16; w19.04 18-19; w17.07 14-16; g17.2 9; wp16.3 6-7; w13 12/15 29; g 7/12 15; w10 11/1 9-11; w08 7/1 9; w07 5/1 5-6; we 12, 20-25; w03 5/1 23-24; w00 4/15 7; w95 6/1 12-15; g92 7/22 8; g89 7/22 14; g88 1/22 12; g87 8/8 10-12

for depressed: wp23.1 14; w15 2/15 9; g 7/09 7, 9; w90 3/15 26-30

for distressed: w11 10/15 24-25; w92 7/15 19-22

for elderly: scl 20; wp16.5 3, 7

for fearful: scl 45

for feelings of inadequacy: scl 20

for guilt feelings: w25.05 9-10; scl 19

for ill: mwb25.05 12; scl 20; wp16.5 3, 7-8; w13 3/15 18

terminally ill: wp17.4 9-10; w08 5/1 25-29

for integrity keepers: w86 2/1 15-20

for loss of employment: wp16.5 3, 6

for marital breakup: wp16.5 3, 7

for mothers who miscarry: g02 3/22 23

for repentant wrongdoers: lff lesson 57; lvs 25-26; w17.11 11-12; lv 23; w12 8/15 23-24; w11 8/1 13; w06 11/15 25; w01 6/1 30-31; w96 11/1 14

first-person account: g86 8/22 21-22

for those having economic problems: mrt articles 36, 93; w20.01 17-18; w03 5/1 22, 29-30

for victims of adversities: scl 18-19

for victims of childhood sexual abuse: ijwyp article 39; w19.05 14-20

for victims of disasters: ijwbq article 157; yb12 23; g 9/07 8; w03 5/1 20, 22-23

for victims of mistreatment: w03 3/15 9

for victims of unkindness: scl 19

for victims of violence or war: ijwbq article 189; w03 5/1 21-22

from and for fellow Christians: w25.04 24-25; w24.10 10-11; w20.01 8-13; w19.04 18-19; w19.05 16-19; w17.07 14-16; w13 3/15 18; w11 10/15 29-30; w10 11/15 17-18; w01 5/1 11; w00 4/15 6-7

from holy spirit: w24.10 9-10; w03 5/1 17; w00 4/15 6; w96 11/1 10

from Jehovah: w25.04 23-25; w24.01 24-25; w24.10 6-11; w20.02 20-25; w17.06 4-8; w16.07 24; wp16.5 3-8; w14 8/1 6; w11 6/1 19; w11 10/15 23-27, 29; bm 14; w05 4/15 13-14; w03 5/1 14-19; lr 162-166; w00 4/15 4-7; w96 11/1 7-18; w86 10/1 10-14

for Elijah (1Ki 19): mwb22.09 10; w21.06 8-9; w19.06 15-16; lfb 114-115; rj 6-7; ia 104, 106-107; w11 7/1 21-22

for Israel (Isa 40): ip-1 398-415

for Israelite exiles in Babylon: w25.05 8-13

“God of all comfort” (2Co 1:3, 4): mwb19.04 7; it-2 1126; w17.07 13, 16; w11 10/15 23-24; w09 6/1 28; w08 3/15 15; w08 7/1 7; w08 9/1 18; w96 11/1 13-14; w95 6/1 11-12; w92 7/15 21

how given: w24.10 9-11; w10 8/15 24; w10 11/15 17-19; w86 4/15 31

from Jesus Christ: w17.07 13-14; wp16.5 4; w11 10/15 27, 29; w03 5/1 16-17; w96 11/1 5-6, 8-9

from meetings: w18.01 9; w10 11/15 18-19

from prayer: w10 11/15 19; w07 5/1 4-5; w00 4/15 6; w99 1/15 19-20

“from the Scriptures” (Ro 15:4): ijwbq article 189; mrt article 100; wp23.1 8-9; w18.09 15-16; w17.07 14; w11 10/15 30-31; w00 4/15 5-6; w96 11/1 10-11; w86 2/1 19-20

giving comfort: w20.01 8-13; w13 3/15 18; w11 10/15 27-31; w03 5/1 19-24

in field ministry: km 12/07 8

to fellow Christians: mwb24.01 2; w23.11 9-10

Greek word: w95 4/1 18-19; w95 6/1 12

life stories:

As a Widow, I Found True Comfort: w91 2/1 25-29

Comforted Through All My Anxieties: w18.06 26-29

Finding Comfort in “the Valley of Deep Shadow”: g98 4/8 21-24

God Has Comforted Me in All My Trials: g 12/10 12-13

meaning of term: w11 10/15 23; w96 11/1 3

need for: wp16.5 3; w11 10/15 28; w00 4/15 3-4; w96 11/1 3-5, 7-8

sources: w96 1/15 21-23

training to give: w96 11/1 14, 16

Watchtower magazine: w96 1/15 20

when loved one leaves Jehovah: w07 1/15 17-20; w06 9/1 17-21