For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
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A man’s pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. …
End of linked passage: Luke 6:26The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD.
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. …
End of linked passage: Matthew 5:12At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? …
End of linked passage: Matthew 18:3He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. …
End of linked passage: James 4:10Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.
Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. …
End of linked passage: Psalms 32:2At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. …
End of linked passage: Psalms 119:2Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more.
Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: …
End of linked passage: Leviticus 26:42And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, …
End of linked passage: Romans 4:9Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers.
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. …
End of linked passage: Jeremiah 31:20And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. …
End of linked passage: Daniel 5:22And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
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