Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
Psalm 34:18
Jehovah is near to the broken-hearted; and saves those who are of a contrite spirit.
Hebrews 13:16
But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
2 Kings 22:19
because your heart was tender and you have humbled yourself before Jehovah, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against its people (that they should become a waste and a curse, and have torn your clothes and wept before Me), I have heard you, says Jehovah.
2 Chronicles 33:12-13
And when he was in affliction, he sought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.
Psalm 22:24
For He has not despised nor hated the affliction of the afflicted; and He has not hidden His face from him, but when he cried to Him, He heard.
Psalm 102:17
He will turn to the prayer of the forsaken and not despise their prayer.
Psalm 107:22
And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with rejoicing!
Psalm 147:3
He heals the broken-hearted, and binds up their wounds.
Isaiah 57:15
For so says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity; whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, even with the contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is on Me; because Jehovah has anointed Me to preach the Gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
Isaiah 66:2
For all those My hand has made, and all those exist, says Jehovah. But to this one I will look, to the afflicted and contrite spirit, and the one who trembles at My Word.
Ezekiel 9:3-4
And the glory of the God of Israel had gone on from the cherub, where it was on it, to the threshold of the house. And He called to the man clothed in linen, with the writer's inkhorn by his side.
Ezekiel 9:6
Fully destroy old men, young men and virgins, and little children and women. But do not come near any man on whom is the mark. And begin at My sanctuary. And they began at the old men who were before the house.
Amos 5:21
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not delight in your solemn assemblies.
Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor in spirit! For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.
Mark 12:33
And to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love the neighbor as himself, is more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Luke 7:39-50
But seeing this, the Pharisee who had invited Him, spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, for she is a sinner.
Luke 15:2-7
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them.
Luke 15:10
Likewise I say to you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
Luke 15:21-32
And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven and before you, and am no more worthy to be called your son.
Luke 18:11-14
The Pharisee stood and prayed within himself in this way: God, I thank You that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax-collector.
Philippians 4:18
But I have all, and abound. I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things which you sent, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable and well-pleasing to God.
1 Peter 2:5
you also as living stones are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Romans 12:1
I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.