2 Kings 22:19
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19 because your (A)heart was tender, and you (B)humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become (C)a desolation and (D)a curse, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you,” says the Lord.
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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.
1 Kings 21:29
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29 “See how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he (A)has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity in his days. (B)In the days of his son I will bring the calamity on his house.”
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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.
Exodus 10:3
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3 So Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: ‘How long will you refuse to (A)humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may (B)serve Me.
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1 Peter 5:5-6
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Submit to God, Resist the Devil
5 Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, (A)all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for
6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,
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Micah 6:8
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8 He has (A)shown you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
But (B)to do justly,
To love [a]mercy,
And to walk humbly with your God?
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- Micah 6:8 Or lovingkindness
1 Samuel 24:5
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5 Now it happened afterward that (A)David’s heart troubled him because he had cut Saul’s robe.
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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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Luke 19:41
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Jesus Weeps over Jerusalem
41 Now as He drew near, He saw the city and (A)wept over it,
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Jeremiah 44:22
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22 So the Lord could no longer bear it, because of the evil of your doings and because of the abominations which you committed. Therefore your land is a desolation, an astonishment, a curse, and without an inhabitant, (A)as it is this day.
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Isaiah 66:5
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The Lord Vindicates Zion
5 Hear the word of the Lord,
You who tremble at His word:
“Your brethren who (A)hated you,
Who cast you out for My name’s sake, said,
(B)‘Let the Lord be glorified,
That (C)we may see your joy.’
But they shall be ashamed.”
Jeremiah 26:6
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6 then I will make this house like (A)Shiloh, and will make this city (B)a curse to all the nations of the earth.” ’ ”
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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.
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 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
2 Kings 20:5
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5 “Return and tell Hezekiah (A)the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: (B)“I have heard your prayer, I have seen (C)your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.
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Leviticus 26:31-32
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31 I will lay your (A)cities waste and (B)bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not (C)smell the fragrance of your [a]sweet aromas.
32 (D)I will bring the land to desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it.
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- Leviticus 26:31 pleasing
Nehemiah 1:4
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4 So it was, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned for many days; I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
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Ezra 10:1
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Confession of Improper Marriages
10 Now (A)while Ezra was praying, and while he was confessing, weeping, and bowing down (B)before the house of God, a very large assembly of men, women, and children gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept very (C)bitterly.
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2 Chronicles 33:23
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23 And he did not humble himself before the Lord, (A)as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
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2 Kings 22:11
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11 Now it happened, when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, that he tore his clothes.
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2 Kings 19:20
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The Word of the Lord Concerning Sennacherib(A)
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: (B)‘Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, (C)I have heard.’
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Judges 20:26
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26 Then all the children of Israel, that is, all the people, (A)went up and came to [a]the house of God and wept. They sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
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- Judges 20:26 Or Bethel
Judges 2:4-5
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4 So it was, when the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voices and wept.
5 Then they called the name of that place [a]Bochim; and they sacrificed there to the Lord.
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- Judges 2:5 Lit. Weeping
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