30 Bible Verses about A Broken Heart

The Lord is near the brokenhearted; he delivers those who are discouraged.

He heals the brokenhearted, and bandages their wounds.

The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit -- O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.

A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken.

For he never bothered to show kindness; he harassed the oppressed and needy, and killed the disheartened.

The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners,

A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

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

Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.

Lord, grant me relief from my suffering so that I may have some relief. Rescue me from those who persecute me so that I may be rescued.

But Hannah replied, "That's not the way it is, my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to the Lord.

My days have passed, my plans are shattered, even the desires of my heart.

I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar.

For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.

For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.

I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.

A person's spirit sustains him through sickness -- but who can bear a crushed spirit?

Their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover.

Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; you will wail because your spirits will be crushed.

A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones.

if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners,

"And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart and bitterness; groan before their eyes.

as well as wine that makes people feel so good, and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, as well as food that sustains people's lives.

The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.

Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice!

The Lord is near all who cry out to him, all who cry out to him sincerely.

My hand made them; that is how they came to be," says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.

My heart is crushed because my dear people are being crushed. I go about crying and grieving. I am overwhelmed with dismay.