The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
Has not My hand made all these things? And so they came into being,” declares the LORD. “This is the one I will esteem:
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbo
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his f
He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy
And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifi
Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.
because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place an
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing
For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to
I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acce
When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who thi
The son declared, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterer
Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the t
So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. No