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17 Bible Verses About Brokenness

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  • In Psalm 34:18, Psalm 147:3, Isaiah 61:1 and Psalm 51:17, broken translates the Hebrew shabar, to break in pieces.
  • Psalm 51:17 calls a broken and contrite heart a sacrifice God will not despise, in a psalm headed as David’s prayer after Nathan confronted him.
  • Psalm 34:18 (“crushed in spirit”) and Isaiah 57:15 (“contrite”) translate the same Hebrew adjective, dakka, crushed.
  • Jesus read the opening of Isaiah 61 in the synagogue at Nazareth and said it had been fulfilled (Luke 4:18-21).
  • Paul was told “my power is made perfect in weakness” after asking three times for his thorn in the flesh to be removed (2 Corinthians 12:7-9).

The Bible speaks of brokenness as something that happens to a person, crushed by grief, guilt or opposition, and as a broken and contrite spirit that God accepts and heals. Psalm 6, Job 3, Jeremiah 20 and Lamentations 3 give the first its words, and Psalm 51:17 calls the second a sacrifice. Psalm 34:18, Psalm 147:3 and Isaiah 61:1 promise that God is near to the brokenhearted and heals them. In all three, and in Psalm 51:17, the Hebrew verb…

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Scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version.

Strong’s Hebrew 7665, שָׁבַר (shabar): to break, break in pieces; used of the heart in Isaiah 61:1, Psalm 34:18 and Psalm 147:3, and in Psalm 51:17. biblehub.com/hebrew/7665

Strong’s Hebrew 1794, דָּכָה (dakah): to crush, to break; used in Psalm 51:8 and Psalm 51:17. biblehub.com/hebrew/1794

Strong’s Hebrew 1793, דַּכָּא (dakka): crushed, contrite; used in Isaiah 57:15 and Psalm 34:18. biblehub.com/hebrew/1793

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