30 Bible Verses about A Broken Heart

The Lord is near to the heartbroken
And He saves those who are crushed in spirit (contrite in heart, truly sorry for their sin).

He heals the brokenhearted
And binds up their wounds [healing their pain and comforting their sorrow].

My [only] sacrifice [acceptable] to God is a broken spirit;
A broken and contrite heart [broken with sorrow for sin, thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.

A heart full of joy and goodness makes a cheerful face,
But when a heart is full of sadness the spirit is crushed.

Because the man did not remember to show kindness,
But persecuted the suffering and needy man,
And the brokenhearted, to put them to death.

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
Because the Lord has anointed and commissioned me
To bring good news to the humble and afflicted;
He has sent me to bind up [the wounds of] the brokenhearted,
To proclaim release [from confinement and condemnation] to the [physical and spiritual] captives
And freedom to prisoners,

A happy heart is good medicine and a joyful mind causes healing,
But a broken spirit dries up the bones.

He keeps all his bones;
Not one of them is broken.

Reproach and insults have broken my heart and I am so sick.
I looked for sympathy, but there was none,
And for comforters, but I found none.

Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed;
Save me and I will be saved,
For You are my praise.

But Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman with a despairing spirit. I have not been drinking wine or any intoxicating drink, but I have poured out my soul before the Lord.

“My days are past, my purposes and plans are frustrated and torn apart;
The wishes of my heart [are broken].

I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind;
I am like a broken vessel.

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

For the high and exalted One
He who inhabits eternity, Whose name is Holy says this,
“I dwell on the high and holy place,
But also with the contrite and humble in spirit
In order to revive the spirit of the humble
And to revive the heart of the contrite [overcome with sorrow for sin].

I am numb and greatly bruised [deadly cold and completely worn out];
I groan because of the disquiet and moaning of my heart.

The spirit of a man sustains him in sickness,
But as for a broken spirit, who can bear it?

The sword [of the ungodly] will enter their own heart,
And their bow will be broken.

Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer,
Seek out his wickedness until You find no more.

“Indeed, My servants will shout for joy from a happy heart,
But you will cry out with a heavy heart,
And you shall wail and howl from a broken spirit.

A calm and peaceful and tranquil heart is life and health to the body,
But passion and envy are like rottenness to the bones.

If I have eaten its fruits without paying for them,
Or have caused its [rightful] owners to lose their lives,

As for you, son of man, groan with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight.

And wine which makes the heart of man glad,
So that he may make his face glisten with oil,
And bread to sustain and strengthen man’s heart.

The heart knows its own bitterness,
And no stranger shares its joy.

Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied;
Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.

The Lord is near to all who call on Him,
To all who call on Him in truth (without guile).

“For all these things My hand has made,
So all these things came into being [by and for Me],” declares the Lord.
“But to this one I will look [graciously],
To him who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who [reverently] trembles at My word and honors My commands.

For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I (Jeremiah) am broken;
I mourn, anxiety has gripped me.