| Psalms 34:18 | The LORD [is] nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. |
| Psalms 51:17 | The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. |
| 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. |
| Isaiah 66:2 | For all those [things] hath mine hand made, and all those [things] have been, saith the LORD: but to this [man] will I look, [even] to [him that is] poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. |