Psalm 38:8
New King James Version
8 I am feeble and severely broken;
I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.
Psalm 34:18
New King James Version
18 (A)The Lord is near (B)to those who have a broken heart,
And saves such as [a]have a contrite spirit.
Footnotes
- Psalm 34:18 are crushed in spirit
Psalm 51:17
New King James Version
17 (A)The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.
Isaiah 61:1
New King James Version
The Good News of Salvation
61 “The (A)Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord (B)has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me (C)to [a]heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim (D)liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
Footnotes
- Isaiah 61:1 Lit. bind up
Isaiah 57:15
New King James Version
15 For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, (A)whose name is Holy:
(B)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
(C)With him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
(D)To revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Isaiah 66:2
New King James Version
2 For all those things My hand has made,
And all those things exist,”
Says the Lord.
(A)“But on this one will I look:
(B)On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
And who trembles at My word.
Proverbs 13:12
New King James Version
12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
But (A)when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
Proverbs 18:12
New King James Version
12 (A)Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty,
And before honor is humility.
Proverbs 15:13
New King James Version
13 (A)A merry heart makes a cheerful [a]countenance,
But (B)by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:13 face
Psalm 69:20
New King James Version
20 Reproach has broken my heart,
And I am full of [a]heaviness;
(A)I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;
And for (B)comforters, but I found none.
Footnotes
- Psalm 69:20 Lit. sickness
Psalm 147:3
New King James Version
Footnotes
- Psalm 147:3 Lit. sorrows
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