He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Parallel translations
- WEB He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
- KJV He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
- NKJV He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.
- NASB He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds.
- NLT He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.
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Quick answer
God heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. The mighty Creator tenderly cares for the wounded and grieving.
Overview
The God who restores a nation also ministers to individual sorrow, healing broken hearts and bandaging wounds. His greatness and His gentleness go together. Jesus came to heal the brokenhearted, bringing this comfort to its fullness (Luke 4:18; Isaiah 61:1).
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Cross-references · 11
- Ps 34:18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
- Job 5:18For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.
- Jer 33:6Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
- 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,
- Isa 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,
- Hos 6:1–2Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
- Ps 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
- Isa 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.
- Mal 4:2“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.
- Ezek 34:16I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
- Isa 1:5–6Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
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