Psalm 51:17

Create In Me A Clean Heart, O God

¹⁶ You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it;
You are not pleased with a burnt offering.
¹⁷ The sacrifice pleasing to God is a broken spirit.
God, You will not despise a broken and humbled heart. ¹⁸ In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper;
build the walls of Jerusalem.

Broken and a Contrite Heart

Pleasing to God

Sacrifices of God

O God

Sin

Psalm 34:18

The Lord is near the brokenhearted;
He saves those crushed in spirit.

Hebrews 13:16

Don’t neglect to do what is good and to share, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

2 Kings 22:19

because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I Myself have heard you—this is the Lord’s declaration—

2 Chronicles 33:12-13

When he was in distress, he sought the favor of Yahweh his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors.

Psalm 22:24

For He has not despised or detested
the torment of the afflicted.
He did not hide His face from him
but listened when he cried to Him for help.

Psalm 102:17

He will pay attention to the prayer of the destitute
and will not despise their prayer.

Psalm 107:22

Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving
and announce His works with shouts of joy.

Psalm 147:3

He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds.

Isaiah 57:15

For the High and Exalted One
who lives forever, whose name is Holy says this:
“I live in a high and holy place,
and with the oppressed and lowly of spirit,
to revive the spirit of the lowly
and revive the heart of the oppressed.

Isaiah 61:1-3

The Spirit of the Lord God is on Me,
because the Lord has anointed Me
to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives
and freedom to the prisoners;

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made all these things,
and so they all came into being.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
I will look favorably on this kind of person:
one who is humble, submissive in spirit,
and trembles at My word.

Ezekiel 9:3-4

Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherub where it had been, to the threshold of the temple. He called to the man clothed in linen with the writing equipment at his side.

Ezekiel 9:6

Slaughter the old men, the young men and women, as well as the older women and little children, but do not come near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.

Amos 5:21

I hate, I despise your feasts!
I can’t stand the stench
of your solemn assemblies.

Matthew 5:3

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

Mark 12:33

And to love Him with all your heart, with all your understanding, and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself, is far more important than all the burnt offerings and sacrifices.”

Luke 7:39-50

When the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “This man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching Him—she’s a sinner!”

Luke 15:2-7

And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them!”

Luke 15:10

I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

Luke 15:21-32

The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. I’m no longer worthy to be called your son.’

Luke 18:11-14

The Pharisee took his stand and was praying like this: ‘God, I thank You that I’m not like other people —greedy, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.

Philippians 4:18

But I have received everything in full, and I have an abundance. I am fully supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you provided—a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, pleasing to God.

1 Peter 2:5

you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Romans 12:1

Therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your spiritual worship.