The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.
The LORD is close
Deuteronomy 4:7 What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them as the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him?
Psalm 119:151 Yet you are near, O LORD, and all your commands are true.
Psalm 145:18 The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Isaiah 50:8 He who vindicates me is near. Who then will bring charges against me? Let us face each other! Who is my accuser? Let him confront me!
to the brokenhearted
Psalm 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Psalm 109:16 For he (David's enemy) never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.
Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
Isaiah 61:1 The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD 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 freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners, ...
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Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®, Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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