4 Bible Verses about Contrition
Most Relevant Verses
For grief according to God works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but grief of the world works death.
The sacrifices of God a spirit being broken: a heart being broken and crushed, O God, thou wilt not despise.
And the publican, standing afar off, would not either lift up the eyes to heaven, but struck upon his breast, saying, God propitiate for me the sinful.
Jehovah is near to the broken of heart, and he will save the humble of spirit
From Thematic Bible
Contrition » Promises to those who come in contrition
For thus said the high and lifted up inhabiting eternity, and his name Holy; being lifted up, and I will dwell in the holy place, and with the broken and humble of spirit, to preserve alive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the broken.
And all these my hand made, and all these shall be, says Jehovah: and to this will I look, to the humble. and smitten of spirit, and trembling at my word.
The sacrifices of God a spirit being broken: a heart being broken and crushed, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Jehovah is near to the broken of heart, and he will save the humble of spirit
And rend your heart and not your garments, and turn back to Jehovah your God: for he is merciful and compassionate, slow of anger and of much kindness, and lamenting on account of the evil.
Judgments » Should lead to » Contrition
And it will be in my hearing these words, I sat down, and I shall weep and mourn days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of the heavens,
And in every province and province the place where the word of the king and his edict coming, great mourning to the Jews, and fasting and weeping and wailing; sackcloth and ashes will be spread to many.
And the Lord Jehovah of armies in that day will call to weeping and to wailing, and to baldness and to girding with sackcloth:
Prayer » Conditions for successful » Contrition
Then shalt thou call and Jehovah will answer; thou shalt cry for help, and he will say, Behold me. If thou shalt take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the extending of the finger, and the word of vanity;
And if my people which my name was called upon them shall be humbled and pray and seek my face, and turn back from their evil ways; and I will hear from the heavens and forgive to their sin, and I will heal their land.