Psalms 34:18
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.”
'The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit' promises that God draws especially close to those in deep pain. Far from being distant in our worst moments, he is nearest precisely then.
Read the full meaning“The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 34:18 — 17 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 20:5“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 22:19because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
- Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
- Psalms 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
- Psalms 75:1We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.
- Psalms 85:9Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.
- Psalms 119:151You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are true.
- Psalms 145:18The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
- Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
- Psalms 147:3He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
- Isaiah 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
- Isaiah 57:15For 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.
- Isaiah 61:1The 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,
- Isaiah 66:2Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, who trembles at My word.
- Ezekiel 36:26I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
- Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
- Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
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