The best Bible verses for broken bones include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for broken bones, each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"“Israel is a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”"Jeremiah 50:17
"“Israel is a scattered flock that lions have chased away. The first to devour him was the king of Assyria; the last to crush his bones was Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.”"Jeremiah 50:17
"“From on high he sent fire, sent it down into my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long."Lamentations 1:13
"But now they are blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick."Lamentations 4:8
"Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have.”"Luke 24:39
"you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;"Micah 3:2
"who eat my people’s flesh, strip off their skin and break their bones in pieces; who chop them up like meat for the pan, like flesh for the pot?”"Micah 3:3
"A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones."Proverbs 12:4
"I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me."Psalms 22:14
"My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak."Psalms 31:10
Scripture returns to broken bones often enough that no single verse covers it. The 15 passages below come from across the Old and New Testaments, and they do not all say the same thing — read together they give a fuller picture than any one of them does alone.
Each links to a study page with the full passage, its context, and the text in six translations, so a verse that catches your attention can be followed properly rather than left as a fragment.
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The most-cited Bible verses for broken bones are Jeremiah 50:17, Lamentations 1:13, Lamentations 4:8. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to broken bones across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for broken bones, chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.