Matthew 5:3
New King James Version
3 “Blessed(A) are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Isaiah 66:2
New King James Version
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.
Proverbs 29:23
New King James Version
23 (A)A man’s pride will bring him low,
But the humble in spirit will retain honor.
Psalm 34:18
New King James Version
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
Proverbs 16:19
New King James Version
19 Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly,
Than to divide the [a]spoil with the proud.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:19 plunder
Luke 18:14
New King James Version
14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; (A)for everyone who exalts himself will be [a]humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
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- Luke 18:14 put down
2 Chronicles 7:14
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14 if My people who are (A)called by My name will (B)humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, (C)then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
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Psalm 51:17
New King James Version
17 (A)The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.
Isaiah 57:15
New King James Version
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.
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