27 Bible Verses about Brokenness

The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. O God, you do not despise a broken and sorrowful (contrite) heart.

Jehovah is near to those whose hearts and minds are humble and contrite. He saves the broken hearted and crushed in spirit.

Make me hear sounds of joy and gladness. Let the bones that you have broken rejoice.

The High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is holy, says: 'I dwell in the high and holy and also with him who has a contrite and humble spirit. I revive the spirit of the humble, and the heart of the contrite ones.'

I have made all these things. That is why all these things have come into being, declares Jehovah. I will pay attention to those who are humble and sorry for their sins and who tremble at my word.

I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of kindness and of supplication. They will look to the one whom they pierced; and they will mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son. There will be a bitter lamentation for him, like one who grieves for his first-born.

He is the healer of the brokenhearted. He is the one who bandages their wounds.

Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.

for he did not remember to be kind. He drove oppressed, needy, and brokenhearted people to their graves.

The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah is upon me, because Jehovah has anointed me to announce good news to the lowly and meek. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to captives and freedom to prisoners.

My heart is broken within me. All my bones tremble! I have become like a drunken man, even like a man overcome with wine. This is because of Jehovah and because of his holy words.

So, son of man, groan with a breaking heart and with bitter crying while the people watch you. When they ask why you are groaning tell this: 'News has come that will discourage everyone. People's hands will hang limp, their hearts will lose courage, and their knees will become as weak as water. It is coming! It will surely take place!' Declares the Lord Jehovah.

My spirit is broken. My days are extinguished. The grave is waiting for me.

Does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, Or in his disaster cry out for help?

If my land has cried out against me, and its furrows have wept together. If I have eaten its yield without payment, and caused the death of its owners; let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended, JOB QUITE TALKING.

Rebels and sinners will be crushed at the same time. Those who abandon Jehovah will come to an end.

The womb forgets them. The worm finds them sweet. They are no longer remembered. Wickedness is broken like a tree.

Do not say that everything these people call a conspiracy is a conspiracy. Do not fear what they fear. Do not let it terrify you! Remember that Jehovah of Hosts is holy. He is the one you should respect. He is the one you should reverence (venerate) (exalt). He will be a place of safety for you. But he will be a rock that makes people trip and a stumbling block for both kingdoms of Israel. He will be a trap and a snare for those who live in Jerusalem.read more.
Many will stumble over them. They will fall and be broken. They will be trapped and caught.

My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit. You will leave your name to my chosen ones as a curse. The Sovereign Lord Jehovah will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name.

As I live,' says Jehovah, 'even though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were a signet ring on my right hand, yet I would pull you off. As I live, says Jehovah, I will hand you over to those who want to kill you, those you fear, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Babylonians. I will throw you and your mother into another land. You were not born there, but you will die there.read more.
You will want to return to this land, but you will not be allowed to come home. This Jehoiakin is like a rejected and broken pot that no one wants. Is that why he and his descendants will be thrown out and cast into another land they have never heard of? O land, land, land! Hear the word of Jehovah. This is what Jehovah says: 'Write this about Jehoiakin: He will be childless. He will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will succeed him as king. They will not sit on David's throne and rule Judah again.'

You Egyptians will be crushed with the godless people. You will lie with those who were killed in battle.

Moab has been destroyed! Listen to the children crying. Hear the sound of their sobs along the road up to Luhith, the cries of distress on the way down to Horonaim.

The hammer of the whole earth is broken and shattered. See how desolate Babylon is of all the nations! I will set traps for you, Babylon. You will be caught, but you will not know it. You will be found and captured because you have opposed Jehovah.

Run away from Babylon! Run for your lives! Do not be killed because of Babylon's sin. I am now taking my revenge. I am punishing it as it deserves. Babylon was like a gold cup in my hand, making the whole world drunk. The nations drank its wine and went out of their minds. Babylon has suddenly fallen and is destroyed! Mourn over it! Get medicine for its wounds, and maybe it can be healed.read more.
Foreigners living there said: 'We tried to help Babylon, but it was too late. Let us leave now and go back home. God has punished Babylon with all his might and has destroyed it completely.' Jehovah says: My people shout, Jehovah has shown that we are in the right. Let us go and tell the people in Jerusalem what Jehovah our God has done.

This is what Jehovah says: Heaven is my throne. Earth is my footstool. Where can you people build a house or resting place for me? I have made all these things. That is why all these things have come into being, declares Jehovah. I will pay attention to those who are humble and sorry for their sins and who tremble at my word.

You do not desire sacrifice. Otherwise, I would offer one to you. You are not pleased with burnt offerings. The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit. O God, you do not despise a broken and sorrowful (contrite) heart.

One will say: 'Heap it up! Heap it up! Prepare the way; Take the stumbling block out of the way of my people.' The High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is holy, says: 'I dwell in the high and holy and also with him who has a contrite and humble spirit. I revive the spirit of the humble, and the heart of the contrite ones.' For I will not contend (rebuke) forever! Nor will I always be angry! The spirit would fail before me, and those whom I have made.read more.
Because of the iniquity of his covetousness gain I was angry and struck him. I hid and was angry. He went on backsliding in the way of his heart (his heart directed course of life). I have seen his ways, and will heal him. I will also lead him, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners. I create the fruit (praise) of the lips: Peace, peace to the near and the far off, says Jehovah, and I will heal him. But the wicked are like the troubled and restless sea, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. My God has said: There is no peace for the wicked.