30 Bible Verses about A Broken Heart

Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as 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 contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

A glad heart maketh a cheerful countenance; But by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken.

Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them .

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

A cheerful heart is a good medicine; 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 full of heaviness: And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I found none.

Heal me, O 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 I poured out my soul before Jehovah.

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

I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel.

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

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

I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

The spirit of a man will sustain 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 for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall wail for vexation of spirit.

A tranquil heart is the life of the flesh; But envy is the rottenness of the bones.

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

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

And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, And oil to make his face to shine, And bread that strengtheneth man's heart.

The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

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

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

For all these things hath my hand made, and'so all these things came to be, saith Jehovah: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.

For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay hath taken hold on me.