Scripture for the Wounded

Bible Verses for Being Hurt

Being hurt by someone — a friend, family, a partner — carries a particular sting scripture doesn't shy away from. David wrote openly about betrayal by those closest to him, naming the pain rather than minimizing it.

What the Bible offers isn't a demand to feel fine quickly, but a God who stays close specifically in the aftermath: "the LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart." Nearness, not distance, is the consistent response to pain throughout scripture.

If someone's words or actions have left a mark today, let these verses sit with you in it. The Bible Verse Memory Game on the Verses4Emotions homepage is a gentle way to return to scripture like this.

Verses to Hold Onto

Psalm 34:18

"The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit."

Psalm 147:3

"He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds."

Psalm 55:12-14

"For it was not an enemy that reproached me... but it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance."

Isaiah 53:3-5

"He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief... with his stripes we are healed."

Psalm 56:8

"Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?"

Romans 8:18

"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us."

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