aPs. 34:18
bEzek. 34:16
cch. 11:2; 42:1; 48:16; Cited Luke 4:18, 19
dPs. 45:7
fch. 45:13; Ps. 146:7
h[Lev. 25:10]
ich. 34:8
jver. 10; [ch. 28:5]
kPs. 45:7; Heb. 1:9
l[ch. 60:21]
mJohn 15:8
oIsa. 61:2, 3; John 16:20; 2 Cor. 1:7; 7:10; Rev. 21:4; [James 4:9, 10]
pCited from Isa. 61:1, 2
qver. 1; [Acts 1:2]
rMatt. 11:5; [ch. 6:20]
sPs. 146:7, 8
t[Isa. 42:7; John 9:39; Acts 26:18]
uIsa. 58:6
v[James 4:8]
wGen. 33:4; Acts 20:37
x2 Sam. 14:33
y[See ver. 19 above]
abZech. 3:3-5
acGen. 41:42; Esth. 3:10; 8:2
adEzek. 16:10
ae[1 Sam. 28:24]
af[ch. 12:19]
agver. 32; [Rom. 11:15; Eph. 2:1; Col. 2:13; Rev. 3:1]
ah[Isa. 51:12; 66:13]
aiGal. 6:1; [Eph. 4:32]
ajch. 1:4
akver. 13; [1 Thess. 3:6, 7]

Psalms 147:3

3He heals athe brokenhearted
and bbinds up their wounds.

Isaiah 61:1-3

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

1 cThe Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has danointed me
to bring good news to the poor; ▼
▼Or afflicted

he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and fthe opening of the prison to those who are bound; ▼
▼Or  the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint  and recovery of sight to the blind

 2 hto proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,
iand the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
 3to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
jto give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
kthe oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
lthat they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, mthat he may be glorified. ▼
▼Or  that he may display his beauty

Matthew 5:4

4“Blessed are othose who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Luke 4:18

18 p“The Spirit of the Lord qis upon me,
because he has anointed me
to rproclaim good news to the poor.
sHe has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and trecovering of sight to the blind,
uto set at liberty those who are oppressed,

Luke 15:20-24

20And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and vran and wembraced him and xkissed him. 21And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. yI am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ ▼
▼Some manuscripts add treat me as one of your hired servants
 22But the father said to his servants, ▼
▼Greek bondservants
 ‘Bring quickly abthe best robe, and put it on him, and put aca ring on his hand, and adshoes on his feet. 23And bring aethe fattened calf and kill it, and aflet us eat and celebrate. 24For this my son agwas dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate.

2 Corinthians 1:4

4 ahwho comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

2 Corinthians 2:7

7so aiyou should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

2 Corinthians 7:6

6But ajGod, who comforts the downcast, akcomforted us by the coming of Titus,
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