Psalm 51:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁷ The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ My sacrifice [the sacrifice acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart [broken down with sorrow for sin and humbly and thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ A broken spirit is my sacrifice, God. You won’t despise a heart, God, that is broken and crushed.

Psalm 51:17 Cross References

Psalm 34:18

The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

Isaiah 66:2

For all these things hath mine hand made, and so all these things came to be, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and that trembleth at my word.

Luke 15:10

Even so, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

Psalm 147:3

He healeth the broken in heart, And bindeth up their wounds.

Mark 12:33

and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Matthew 5:3

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

1 Peter 2:5

ye also, as living stones, are built up a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 13:16

But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Psalm 102:17

He hath regarded the prayer of the destitute, And hath not despised their prayer.

Psalm 107:22

And let them offer the sacrifices of thanksgiving, And declare his works with singing.

2 Kings 22:19

because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD.

Amos 5:21

I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

Romans 12:1

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Psalm 22:24

For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Neither hath he hid his face from him; But when he cried unto him, he heard.

Philippians 4:18

But I have all things, and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.

Ezekiel 9:6

slay utterly the old man, the young man and the maiden, and little children and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.

Exodus 37:22

Their knops and their branches were of one piece with it: the whole of it was one beaten work of pure gold.