Verse 17
The sacrifices of God `are' a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.
Referenced Verses
- Ps 34:18 : 18 Near `is' Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.
- Isa 66:2 : 2 And all these My hand hath made, And all these things are, An affirmation of Jehovah! And unto this one I look attentively, Unto the humble and bruised in spirit, And who is trembling at My word.
- Luke 15:10 : 10 `So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'
- Luke 18:11-14 : 11 the Pharisee having stood by himself, thus prayed: God, I thank Thee that I am not as the rest of men, rapacious, unrighteous, adulterers, or even as this tax-gatherer; 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all things -- as many as I possess. 13 `And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me -- the sinner! 14 I say to you, this one went down declared righteous, to his house, rather than that one: for every one who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.'
- Ps 147:3 : 3 Who is giving healing to the broken of heart, And is binding up their griefs.
- Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus said the high and exalted One, Inhabiting eternity, and holy `is' His name: `In the high and holy place I dwell, And with the bruised and humble of spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of bruised ones,'
- Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah `is' on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands. 2 To proclaim the year of the good pleasure of Jehovah, And the day of vengeance of our God, To comfort all mourners. 3 To appoint to mourners in Zion, To give to them beauty instead of ashes, The oil of joy instead of mourning, A covering of praise for a spirit of weakness, And He is calling to them, `Trees of righteousness, The planting of Jehovah -- to be beautified.'
- Ps 102:17 : 17 He turned unto the prayer of the destitute, And He hath not despised their prayer.
- Ps 107:22 : 22 And they sacrifice sacrifices of thanksgiving, And recount His works with singing.
- 2 Kgs 22:19 : 19 because thy heart `is' tender, and thou art humbled because of Jehovah, in thy hearing that which I have spoken against this place, and against its inhabitants, to be for a desolation, and for a reviling, and dost rend thy garments, and weep before Me -- I also have heard -- the affirmation of Jehovah --
- 2 Chr 33:12-13 : 12 And when he is in distress he hath appeased the face of Jehovah his God, and is humbled exceedingly before the God of his fathers, 13 and prayeth unto Him, and He is entreated of him, and heareth his supplication, and bringeth him back to Jerusalem, to his kingdom, and Manasseh knoweth that Jehovah -- He `is' God.
- Ps 22:24 : 24 For He hath not despised, nor abominated, The affliction of the afflicted, Nor hath He hidden His face from him, And in his crying unto Him He heareth.
- Amos 5:21 : 21 I have hated -- I have loathed your festivals, And I am not refreshed by your restraints.
- Matt 5:3 : 3 `Happy the poor in spirit -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.
- Mark 12:33 : 33 and to love Him out of all the heart, and out of all the understanding, and out of all the soul, and out of all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as one's self, is more than all the whole burnt-offerings and the sacrifices.'
- Luke 7:39-50 : 39 And the Pharisee who did call him, having seen, spake within himself, saying, `This one, if he were a prophet, would have known who and of what kind `is' the woman who doth touch him, that she is a sinner.' 40 And Jesus answering said unto him, `Simon, I have something to say to thee;' and he saith, `Teacher, say on.' 41 `Two debtors were to a certain creditor; the one was owing five hundred denaries, and the other fifty; 42 and they not having `wherewith' to give back, he forgave both; which then of them, say thou, will love him more?' 43 And Simon answering said, `I suppose that to whom he forgave the more;' and he said to him, `Rightly thou didst judge.' 44 And having turned unto the woman, he said to Simon, `Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house; water for my feet thou didst not give, but this woman with tears did wet my feet, and with the hairs of her head did wipe; 45 a kiss to me thou didst not give, but this woman, from what `time' I came in, did not cease kissing my feet; 46 with oil my head thou didst not anoint, but this woman with ointment did anoint my feet; 47 therefore I say to thee, her many sins have been forgiven, because she did love much; but to whom little is forgiven, little he doth love.' 48 And he said to her, `Thy sins have been forgiven;' 49 and those reclining with him (at meat) began to say within themselves, `Who is this, who also doth forgive sins?' 50 and he said unto the woman, `Thy faith have saved thee, be going on to peace.'
- Luke 15:2-7 : 2 and the Pharisees and the scribes were murmuring, saying -- This one doth receive sinners, and doth eat with them.' 3 And he spake unto them this simile, saying, 4 `What man of you having a hundred sheep, and having lost one out of them, doth not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go on after the lost one, till he may find it? 5 and having found, he doth lay `it' on his shoulders rejoicing, 6 and having come to the house, he doth call together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I found my sheep -- the lost one. 7 `I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.
- Heb 13:16 : 16 and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.
- 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- Rom 12:1 : 1 I call upon you, therefore, brethren, through the compassions of God, to present your bodies a sacrifice -- living, sanctified, acceptable to God -- your intelligent service;
- Phil 4:18 : 18 and I have all things, and abound; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you -- an odour of a sweet smell -- a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God:
- Luke 15:21-32 : 21 and the son said to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee, and no more am I worthy to be called thy son. 22 `And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet; 23 and having brought the fatted calf, kill `it', and having eaten, we may be merry, 24 because this my son was dead, and did live again, and he was lost, and was found; and they began to be merry. 25 `And his elder son was in a field, and as, coming, he drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing, 26 and having called near one of the young men, he was inquiring what these things might be, 27 and he said to him -- Thy brother is arrived, and thy father did kill the fatted calf, because in health he did receive him back. 28 `And he was angry, and would not go in, therefore his father, having come forth, was entreating him; 29 and he answering said to the father, Lo, so many years I do serve thee, and never thy command did I transgress, and to me thou didst never give a kid, that with my friends I might make merry; 30 but when thy son -- this one who did devour thy living with harlots -- came, thou didst kill to him the fatted calf. 31 `And he said to him, Child, thou art always with me, and all my things are thine; 32 but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'
- Ezek 9:3-4 : 3 And the honour of the God of Israel hath gone up from off the cherub, on which it hath been, unto the threshold of the house. 4 And He calleth unto the man who is clothed with linen, who hath the scribe's inkhorn at his loins, and Jehovah saith unto him, `Pass on into the midst of the city, into the midst of Jerusalem, and thou hast made a mark on the foreheads of the men who are sighing and who are groaning for all the abominations that are done in its midst.'
- Ezek 9:6 : 6 aged, young man, and virgin, and infant, and women, ye do slay -- to destruction; and against any man on whom `is' the mark ye do not go nigh, and from My sanctuary ye begin.'