Psalm 34:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ The Lord is close to those who are of a broken heart and saves such as are crushed with sorrow for sin and are humbly and thoroughly penitent.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ Jehovah is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as are of a contrite spirit.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; he saves those whose spirits are crushed.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ I will confess to you in a great Church. I will praise you among a weighty people.

Psalm 34:18 Cross References

Psalm 147:3

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Psalm 145:18

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and lofty one who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place and also with those who are contrite and humble in spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me; he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed, to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to the prisoners,

Psalm 51:17

The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Ezekiel 36:26

A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you, and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

Isaiah 66:2

All these things my hand has made, so all these things are mine, says the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look, to the humble and contrite in spirit who trembles at my word.

Psalm 85:9

Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near;

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed,

Psalm 119:151

Yet you are near, O Lord, and all your commandments are true.

2 Kings 22:19

because your heart was penitent and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 36:31

Then you shall remember your evil ways and your dealings that were not good, and you shall loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominable deeds.

Psalm 75:1

We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks; your name is near. People tell of your wondrous deeds.

2 Kings 20:5

“Turn back and say to Hezekiah prince of my people: Thus says the Lord, the God of your ancestor David: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; indeed, I will heal you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.

Psalm 18:7

Then the earth reeled and rocked; the foundations also of the mountains trembled and reeled because he was angry.

Psalm 145:19

He fulfills the desire of all who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.