25 Bible Verses about Broken Hearts

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

The LORD is nigh unto them that are contrite in heart, and will save such as be of a humble spirit.

The sacrifice of God is a troubled spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, shalt thou not despise.

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance; but an unquiet mind maketh it heavy.

The spirit of the LORD God is with me, for the LORD hath anointed me, and sent me to preach good tidings unto the poor: that I might bind up the wounded hearts, that I might preach deliverance to the captive, and open the prison to them that are bound;

and that, because his mind was not to do good, but persecuted the poor helpless, and him that was vexed at the heart, to slay him.

Their sword shall go through their own heart, and their bow shall be broken.

"The spirit of the Lord upon me, because he hath anointed me; To preach the gospel to the poor he hath sent me; And to heal which are broken hearted: To preach deliverance to the captive; And sight to the blind; And freely to set at liberty them that are bruised;

A merry heart maketh a lusty age; but a sorrowful mind drieth up the bones.

My days are past, my thoughts are vanished away, which have vexed my heart,

And tear your hearts and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God. For he is full of mercy and compassion, long ere he be angry, and great in mercy and repentance when he is at the point to punish.

A good stomach driveth away a man's disease; but when the spirit is vexed, who may abide it?

For though he make a wound, he giveth a medicine again: though he smite, his hand maketh whole again.

{Praise the Everlasting} Praise ye the LORD, for it is a good thing to sing praises unto our God; yea, a joyful and pleasant thing is it to be thankful.

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

My heart breaketh in my body because of the false prophets, all my bones shake: I am become like a drunken man that by the reason of wine can take no rest; for very fear of the LORD, and of his holy words.

For thus sayeth the high and excellent, even he that dwelleth in everlastingness, whose name is the holy one: I dwell high above and in the sanctuary, and with him also, that is of a contrite and humble spirit: that I may heal a troubled mind, and a contrite heart.

Give strong drink unto such as are condemned to death, and wine unto those that mourn:

I am feeble and sore smitten, I roar for the very disquietness of my heart.

He brought them out of darkness, and out of the shadow of death, and broke their bonds in sunder.

Thou bringest food out of the earth: wine to make glad the heart of man, oil to make him a cheerful countenance and bread to strengthen man's heart.

Such as be lost, will I seek; such as go astray, will I bring again; such as be wounded, will I bind up; such as be weak, will I make strong; such as be fat and well liking, those will I preserve and feed them with the thing that is lawful.

The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, yea, all such as call upon him faithfully.

Break thou the power of the ungodly and malicious; search out the wickedness which he hath done, that he may perish.

Say unto them that are of a fearful heart, "Be of good cheer, and fear not. Behold, your God cometh, to take vengeance, and to reward, God cometh his own self, and will deliver you."