Psalm 34:18

Modern English Version

The Lord is near to the broken-hearted, and saves the contrite of spirit.

Cross References

2 Kings 20:5

“Turn back and say to Hezekiah the leader of My people: Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.

2 Kings 22:19

Because your heart was timid, and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord.

Psalm 119:151

You are near, O  Lord, and all Your commandments are truth.

Psalm 145:18

The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him in truth.

Psalm 145:19

He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and will save them.

Psalm 147:3

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Psalm 18:7

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of the hills also quaked, because He was angry.

Psalm 51:17

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

Psalm 75:1

We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your name is near; Your wondrous works declare it.

Psalm 85:9

Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that glory may dwell in our land.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the Lord while He may be found, call you upon Him while He is near.

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 him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor; He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

Isaiah 66:2

For My hand made all those things, thus all those things have come to be, says the Lord. But to this man I will look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at My word.

Ezekiel 36:26

Also, I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

Ezekiel 36:31

Then you shall remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and your abominations.

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed;