What Does the Bible Say About Crushed Spirit?

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 26 helpful votes

A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 18:14 ESV / 19 helpful votes

A man's spirit will endure sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?

Proverbs 15:13 ESV / 13 helpful votes

A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.

Proverbs 12:25 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

Psalm 34:18 ESV / 12 helpful votes

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

1 Thessalonians 5:23 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Proverbs 16:24 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body.

Philippians 4:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Ezekiel 37:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of the valley; it was full of bones.

Proverbs 13:12 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.

Proverbs 12:4 ESV / 6 helpful votes

An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.

Hebrews 11:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

John 8:36 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

John 8:31-32 ESV / 5 helpful votes

So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

John 3:16-17 ESV / 5 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Ezekiel 37:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live.

Ezekiel 37:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Then he said to me, “Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.

Ezekiel 37:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And he said to me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” And I answered, “O Lord God, you know.”

Isaiah 66:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice; your bones shall flourish like the grass; and the hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants, and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.

Proverbs 14:30 ESV / 5 helpful votes

A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot.

Psalm 38:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.

Psalm 32:3 ESV / 5 helpful votes

For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

John 4:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

Ezekiel 37:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I prophesied, there was a sound, and behold, a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

Ecclesiastes 11:5 ESV / 4 helpful votes

As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.

Proverbs 28:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

Proverbs 25:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.

Job 40:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes

His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like bars of iron.

Job 19:20 ESV / 4 helpful votes

My bones stick to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.

Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be in dread of them, for it is the Lord your God who goes with you. He will not leave you or forsake you.”

Romans 8:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

Luke 12:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”

Matthew 10:28 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Ezekiel 37:11 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope is lost; we are indeed cut off.’

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. ...

Proverbs 15:30 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The light of the eyes rejoices the heart, and good news refreshes the bones.

Psalm 102:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Because of my loud groaning my bones cling to my flesh.

Psalm 102:3 ESV / 3 helpful votes

For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.

Psalm 22:17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

I can count all my bones— they stare and gloat over me;

Job 30:30 ESV / 3 helpful votes

My skin turns black and falls from me, and my bones burn with heat.

2 Chronicles 34:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

He also burned the bones of the priests on their altars and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Kings 23:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he sacrificed all the priests of the high places who were there, on the altars, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

2 Kings 23:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the mount. And he sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar and defiled it, according to the word of the Lord that the man of God proclaimed, who had predicted these things.

1 Kings 13:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And the man cried against the altar by the word of the Lord and said, “O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name, and he shall sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who make offerings on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.’”

Numbers 19:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then a clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the furnishings and on the persons who were there and on whoever touched the bone, or the slain or the dead or the grave.

Numbers 19:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Whoever in the open field touches someone who was killed with a sword or who died naturally, or touches a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

Genesis 1:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Isaiah 40:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

It is he who sits above the circle of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them like a tent to dwell in;

Ecclesiastes 1:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The wind blows to the south and goes around to the north; around and around goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns.

Proverbs 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your produce;

Psalm 109:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

He clothed himself with cursing as his coat; may it soak into his body like water, like oil into his bones!

Psalm 76:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.

Psalm 31:1-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. In you, O Lord, do I take refuge; let me never be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me! Incline your ear to me; rescue me speedily! Be a rock of refuge for me, a strong fortress to save me! For you are my rock and my fortress; and for your name's sake you lead me and guide me; you take me out of the net they have hidden for me, for you are my refuge. Into your hand I commit my spirit; you have redeemed me, O Lord, faithful God. ...

Exodus 15:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying, “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him. The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name. “Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea, and his chosen officers were sunk in the Red Sea. The floods covered them; they went down into the depths like a stone. ...

Genesis 3:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

Genesis 1:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

Genesis 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. ...

58 Bible Verses about Crushed Spirit

Proverbs 17:22 ESV / 26 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Philippians 4:8 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 37:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Isaiah 66:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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2 Timothy 1:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 4:24 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Job 40:18 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Deuteronomy 31:6 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 8:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Job 30:30 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Chronicles 34:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Numbers 19:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Genesis 1:1 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 40:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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Exodus 15:1-27 ESV / 2 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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