4 Bible Verses about Contrition
Most Relevant Verses
For grief according to God works repentance to salvation, never to be regretted; but the grief of the world works death.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
And the tax-gatherer, standing afar off, would not lift up even his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, O God, have compassion on me, the sinner.
Jehovah is nigh to those that are of a broken heart, and saveth them that are of a contrite spirit.
From Thematic Bible
Contrition » Promises to those who come in contrition
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, and whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, and with him that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Even all these things hath my hand made, and all these things have been, saith Jehovah. But to this man will I look: to the afflicted and contrite in spirit, and who trembleth at my word.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Jehovah is nigh to those that are of a broken heart, and saveth them that are of a contrite spirit.
and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Judgments » Should lead to » Contrition
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat and wept, and mourned for days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of the heavens,
And in every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing: many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
And in that day did the Lord Jehovah of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;
Prayer » Conditions for successful » Contrition
Then shalt thou call, and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry, and he will say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger and the unjust speech,
and my people, who are called by my name, humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin, and heal their land.