2 Chronicles 34:27
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27 because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you,” says the (A)Lord.
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2 Chronicles 32:26
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26 (A)Then Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them (B)in the days of Hezekiah.
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Ezekiel 9:4
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4 and the Lord said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and put (A)a mark on the foreheads of the men (B)who sigh and cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”
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Jeremiah 36:23-24
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23 And it happened, when Jehudi had read three or four columns, that the king cut it with the scribe’s knife and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. 24 Yet they were (A)not afraid, nor did they (B)tear their garments, the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words.
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Isaiah 66:2
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2 For all those things My hand has made,
And all those things exist,”
Says the Lord.
(A)“But on this one will I look:
(B)On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
And who trembles at My word.
Isaiah 65:24
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24 “It shall come to pass
That (A)before they call, I will answer;
And while they are still speaking, I will (B)hear.
Isaiah 57:15
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15 For thus says the High and Lofty One
Who inhabits eternity, (A)whose name is Holy:
(B)“I dwell in the high and holy place,
(C)With him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
(D)To revive the spirit of the humble,
And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Psalm 51:17
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17 (A)The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.
Psalm 34:18
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18 (A)The Lord is near (B)to those who have a broken heart,
And saves such as [a]have a contrite spirit.
Footnotes
- Psalm 34:18 are crushed in spirit
Psalm 10:17
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17 Lord, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will prepare their heart;
You will cause Your ear to hear,
2 Chronicles 34:19
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19 Thus it happened, when the king heard the words of the Law, that he tore his clothes.
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2 Chronicles 33:12
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12 Now when he was in affliction, he implored the Lord his God, and (A)humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
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2 Chronicles 32:12-13
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12 (A)Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, “You shall worship before one altar and burn incense on (B)it”? 13 Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? (C)Were the gods of the nations of those lands in any way able to deliver their lands out of my hand?
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2 Chronicles 12:7
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7 Now when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, (A)the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance. My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
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2 Kings 22:18-19
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18 But as for (A)the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, in this manner you shall speak to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel: “Concerning the words which you have heard— 19 because your (B)heart was tender, and you (C)humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become (D)a desolation and (E)a curse, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you,” says the Lord.
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James 4:6-10
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6 But He gives more grace. Therefore He says:
(A)“God resists the proud,
But gives grace to the humble.”
Humility Cures Worldliness
7 Therefore submit to God. (B)Resist the devil and he will flee from you. 8 (C)Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (D)Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and (E)purify your hearts, you double-minded. 9 (F)Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10 (G)Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
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2 Chronicles 33:19
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19 Also his prayer and how God received his entreaty, and all his sin and trespass, and the sites where he built [a]high places and set up wooden images and carved images, before he was humbled, indeed they are written among the sayings of [b]Hozai.
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- 2 Chronicles 33:19 Places for pagan worship
- 2 Chronicles 33:19 LXX the seers
Ezekiel 36:26
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26 I will give you a (A)new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
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