2Ki 22:19-20, 2Ch 34:27-28, Psa 34:18, 51:17, 138:6, Isa 57:15, 61:1 | ESV | STEP | 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 you have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord .

2 Kings 22:19-20

19 ^abecause your heart was penitent, and you ^bhumbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become ^ca desolation and ^da curse, and you ^ehave torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord. 20 Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and ^fyou shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the disaster that I will bring upon this place.’” And they brought back word to the king.

2 Chronicles 34:27-28

27 because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and its inhabitants, and you have humbled yourself before me and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, declares the Lord. 28 Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the disaster that I will bring upon this place and its inhabitants.’” And they brought back word to the king.

Psalms 34:18

18 The Lord is near to ^gthe brokenhearted
and saves ^hthe crushed in spirit.

Psalms 51:17

17 The sacrifices of God are ⁱa broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Psalms 138:6

6 ^jFor though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly,
but the haughty he knows from afar.

Isaiah 57:15

15 For thus says ^kthe One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is ^lHoly:
^m“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also ⁿwith him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
^oto revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Isaiah 61:1

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

1 ^pThe Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has ^qanointed me
to bring good news to the poor; ^{▼▼Or afflicted}
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and ^sthe opening of the prison to those who are bound; ^{▼▼Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind}