Broken heart

A broken heart is deep sorrow of spirit from loss, rejection, or disappointment. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, healeth the broken in heart and bindeth up their wounds, and does not despise a broken and contrite heart.

The Lord is near the brokenhearted

• Psalm 34:18
  The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
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• Psalm 147:3
  He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
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• Isaiah 61:1
  The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
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Sorrow of heart

• Proverbs 15:13
  A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.A joyful heart makes a cheerful countenance, but sorrow of the heart crushes the spirit.
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• Proverbs 17:22
  A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.
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• Psalm 69:20
  Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
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• Proverbs 13:12
  Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
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God as strength and refuge

• Psalm 73:26
  My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
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• Psalm 55:22
  Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
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• Psalm 61:2
  From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
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• 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
  ⁸We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; ⁹Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
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Comfort and healing promised

• Matthew 11:28-29
  ²⁸Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me; for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
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• Matthew 5:4
  Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
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• Revelation 21:4
  And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
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• Psalm 30:5
  For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
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A broken and contrite spirit

• Psalm 51:17
  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
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• Isaiah 57:15
  For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.
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See also

• Grief
• Comfort
• Rejection
• Loneliness
• Depression

Notes

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