Bible Verses for a Broken Heart: One a Day
A broken heart is what is left when something you counted on is gone. A marriage, a friendship, a child who has pulled away, a future you had already pictured.
If your heart is broken today, this page is for you. It gives you one verse a day. One is enough.
Today's verse for a broken heart
“My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.”
One verse shows here each day. Come back tomorrow for the next one.
What does the Bible say about a broken heart?
The Bible uses the word brokenhearted, and it uses it tenderly. God is described as near to the broken heart and as the one who binds it up.
Scripture does not ask you to pretend it does not hurt. It promises that his love is not one of the things you have lost.
What a broken heart looks like now
A broken heart does not always show. Often it looks like a woman getting through the day one task at a time.
- It looks like taking off a ring and not knowing where to put it.
- It looks like a grown child who has stopped returning your calls.
- It looks like seeing an old friend post photos from a gathering you were not asked to.
- It looks like setting the table for one after thirty years of setting it for two.
- It looks like smiling at church and crying in the parking lot.
If you saw yourself in one of those, you are not too much and you are not behind. Hearts take time.
Every week one woman shares the verse that carried her through. Read the stories.
A short prayer for the heartbroken
Lord, my heart is broken and I cannot mend it. Be its strength today. Stay with me through this night, and bring the morning. Amen.
One small thing to do today
Write today's verse where you will see it. Then do one kind thing for yourself today that you would do for a friend in your place.
What is the best Bible verse for a broken heart?
Many women start with Psalm 34:18, “The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart,” or Psalm 147:3, “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”
Does God care when my heart is broken?
Yes. The Bible says he is near to the brokenhearted (Psalm 34:18) and that binding up the brokenhearted is his work (Isaiah 61:1).
Will this pain last forever?
Psalm 30:5 says, “weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.” The night is real, and it has an end.