Psalm 51:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Cross References

2 Kings 22:19

because your heart was penitent and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, says the Lord.

Psalm 102:17

He will regard the prayer of the destitute and will not despise their prayer.

Psalm 107:22

And let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices and tell of his deeds with songs of joy.

Psalm 147:3

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Psalm 22:24

For he did not despise or abhor the affliction of the afflicted; he did not hide his face from me but heard when I cried to him.

Psalm 34:18

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.

Exodus 37:22

Their calyxes and their branches were of one piece with it, the whole of it one hammered piece of pure gold.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and lofty one who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place and also with those who are contrite and humble in spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 66:2

All these things my hand has made, so all these things are mine, says the Lord. But this is the one to whom I will look, to the humble and contrite in spirit who trembles at my word.

Ezekiel 9:6

Cut down old men, young men and young women, little children and women, but touch no one who has the mark. And begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were in front of the house.

Amos 5:21

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

Matthew 5:3

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

Mark 12:33

and ‘to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength’ and ‘to love one’s neighbor as oneself’—this is much more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Luke 15:10

Just so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Romans 12:1

I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, on the basis of God’s mercy, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable act of worship.

Philippians 4:18

I have been paid in full and have more than enough; I am fully satisfied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent, a fragrant offering, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

Hebrews 13:16

Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

1 Peter 2:5

like living stones let yourselves be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.