Verse 18

The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart; and saves such as have a contrite spirit.

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  • Ps 147:3 : 3 He heals the brokenhearted, and binds up their wounds.
  • Ps 145:18 : 18 The LORD is near to all who call upon him, to all who call upon him in truth.
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
  • Ps 51:17 : 17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
  • Ezek 36:26 : 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.
  • Isa 66:2 : 2 For all those things my hand has made, and all those things have been, says the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is humble and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word.
  • Ps 85:9 : 9 Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that glory may dwell in our land.
  • Ps 119:151 : 151 You are near, O LORD, and all Your commandments are truth.
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.
  • 2 Kgs 22:19 : 19 Because your heart was tender, and you have 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 have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says the LORD.
  • Luke 4:18 : 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 brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed,
  • Ps 75:1 : 1 Unto you, O God, do we give thanks; unto you do we give thanks, for your name is near, your wondrous works declare.
  • Ezek 36:31 : 31 Then you shall remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.