16 Bible Verses About a Broken Heart



  • Psalm 34:18 and Psalm 147:3 say the Lord is near to the brokenhearted and heals them, and Isaiah 61:1-3 sends the Lord’s anointed to bind them up.
  • Psalm 41:9 and Psalm 55:12-13 describe the betrayal of a close friend, and Jesus quoted Psalm 41:9 of his betrayer (John 13:18).
  • Isaiah 54:6 pictures Zion as a deserted wife whom the Lord will gather with great compassion, and in Jeremiah 30:14-17 the Lord who struck Zion for her guilt promises to heal her wound.
  • In Hosea 11:8 the heart that recoils is God’s own, over Israel, whom he loved as a child and who kept turning away.
  • Psalm 51:17 speaks of a heart broken over its own sin, and says God will not despise it.

The Bible says God stays near the brokenhearted and heals them. Psalm 34:18 and Psalm 147:3 say so directly, and Isaiah 61:1-3 names binding up the brokenhearted as part of the work of the one the Lord anoints. The Bible also names what breaks a heart. Psalm 69:20 blames the contempt of others, Psalm 27:10 a father and mother who forsake, and Psalm 41:9 and Psalm 55 a close friend’s betrayal. Isaiah 54:6 speaks of “a wife deserted and grieved…

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