Healing Cross-Reference Library · Group 8 of 12
The Brokenhearted: He Heals the Wounded Soul
The same verb that mended lepers mends grief.
Pastoral summaries in Josué's voice. Click any verse reference for the full AMPC passage in the Bible reader.
If Jesus was willing to touch a leper, He's willing to touch a memory.
Psalm 147:3 uses the exact same Hebrew word — rapha — that God attached to His Name in Exodus 15:26. Trauma is not outside the covenant of healing; it is inside it. If the King was willing to touch a leper, He is willing to touch a memory. Bring Him the whole wound — not the tidy version.
The Scriptures
6 Cross-Reference Verses
1
Psalm 147:3 Summary
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds"
The anchor verse — rapha applied to shattered hearts
2
Isaiah 61:1-3 Summary
"He has sent Me to bind up and heal the brokenhearted"
The Messianic mandate — read by Jesus in Luke 4
3
Luke 4:18 Summary
"To heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives"
Jesus reads Isaiah 61 as His job description
4
Psalm 34:18 Summary
"The LORD is close to those who are of a broken heart"
Nearness — a healing in itself
5
Jeremiah 30:17 Summary
"I will restore health to you, and I will heal your wounds"
Corporate + personal healing after exile
Hebrew & Greek
Key Word Study
רָפָא
To heal, cure, mend, restore. Sewing back together what is torn.
— Psalm 147:3
The Anchor Verse
"He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds"
— Summary
The healer's-word for the wounded soul.