30 Bible Verses about A Broken Heart

Jehovah is nigh to those that are of a broken heart, and saveth them that are of a contrite spirit.

He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

A joyful heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.

The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah hath anointed me to announce glad tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and opening of the prison to them that are bound;

A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

He keepeth all his bones; not one of them is broken.

Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Heal me, Jehovah, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before Jehovah.

My days are past, my purposes are broken off, the cherished thoughts of my heart.

I am forgotten in their heart as a dead man; I am become like a broken vessel.

For I am afflicted and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart.

The spirit of a man sustaineth his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?

their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

Break thou the arm of the wicked, and as for the evil man, seek out his wickedness till thou find none.

behold, my servants shall sing aloud for gladness of heart, and ye shall cry out for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

A sound heart is the life of the flesh; but envy the rottenness of the bones.

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, and have tormented to death the souls of its owners:

Sigh then, thou son of man; with breaking of the loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making his face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man's heart.

The heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

Make me to hear gladness and joy; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

Jehovah is nigh unto all that call upon him, unto all that call upon him in truth.

Even all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith Jehovah. But to this man will I look: to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and who trembleth at my word.

For the breach of the daughter of my people am I crushed; I go mourning; astonishment hath taken hold of me.