9 And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for my power is made fully perfect in weakness. More gladly therefore I will boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of the Christ may reside in me.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou will not despise.
26 My flesh and my heart fails, [but] God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
3 He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart o
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.
4 Blessed are those who mourn, because they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek, because they will inherit the earth.
2 For all these things my hand has made, and all these things came to be, says LORD. But to this man I will look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
1 The Spirit of lord LORD is upon me, because LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind (LXX/NT), and
2 to proclaim the acceptable year of LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,
3 to appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of LORD, that
18 LORD is near to those who are of a broken heart, and saves such as are of a contrite spirit.
10 For sorrow toward God works repentance for salvation without regret, but the sorrow of the world works death.
11 For behold this same thing--your grieving toward God. How much eagerness it worked in you, even a defense, even indignation, even fear, even longing, even zeal, even vengeance! In everything ye demonstrated yourselves to be pure in