Psalm 51:17

Create In Me A Clean Heart, O God

¹⁶ For thou dost not desire sacrifice or else would I give it; thou dost not delight in burnt offering. ¹⁷ The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
¹⁸ Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

Broken and a Contrite Heart

Pleasing to God

Sacrifices of God

O God

Sin

Psalm 34:18

Tzaddi The LORD is near unto those that are of a broken heart and saves such as are of a contrite spirit.

Hebrews 13:16

Do not forget to do good and to fellowship; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

2 Kings 22:19

and thy heart became tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD when thou didst hear what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become desolate and cursed, and hast rent thy clothes and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.

2 Chronicles 33:12-13

And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,

Psalm 22:24

For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the poor in spirit; neither has he hid his face from him, but when he cried unto him, he heard.

Psalm 102:17

He shall have regarded the prayer of those who are alone and destitute and not despised their prayer.

Psalm 107:22

And let them offer the sacrifices of praise and publish his works with singing.

Psalm 147:3

He heals the broken hearted, and he binds up their wounds.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus has said the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is The Holy One; I dwell in the high place and in holiness and with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to cause the spirit of the humble to live and to cause the heart of the contrite ones to live.

Isaiah 61:1-3

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me because the LORD has anointed me; he has sent me to preach good tidings unto those who are cast down; to bind up the wounds of the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those that are bound;

Isaiah 66:2

For all these things my hand has made, by my hand has these things been, said the LORD; but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit and trembles at my word.

Ezekiel 9:3-4

And the glory of the God of Israel went up from over the cherubim, upon which he had been, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer's inkhorn by his side;

Ezekiel 9:6

Slay the old, the young men, and the virgins, the children and the women, but do not come near anyone upon whom is the mark; and ye must begin from my sanctuary. Then they began with the men, the elders, which were in front of the temple.

Amos 5:21

I hate, I despise your solemnities, and I will not savour your assemblies.

Matthew 5:3

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of the heavens.

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 his neighbour as himself is more than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Luke 7:39-50

Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that 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 unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.

Luke 15:21-32

And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight and am no longer worthy to be called thy son.

Luke 18:11-14

The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee that I am not as other men are: extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.

Philippians 4:18

But I have all and abound; I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

1 Peter 2:5

ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, well pleasing to God by Jesus, the Christ.

Romans 12:1

Therefore, I beseech you brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies in living sacrifice, holy, well pleasing unto God, which is your rational worship.