17 Bijbelverzen over gebrokenheid

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…