Isa 57:15-16, 66:2, Mat 5:3, 8:9-13, 1Jo 3:8 | ESV | STEP | For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity , whose name is Holy : I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit , to revive the spirit of the lowly , and to revive the heart of the contrite .

Isaiah 57:15-16

15 For thus says ^athe One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is ^bHoly:
^c“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also ^dwith him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
^eto revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.
16 ^fFor I will not contend forever,
nor will I always be angry;
for the spirit would grow faint before me,
and the breath of life that I made.

Isaiah 66:2

2 ^gAll these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be,

declares the Lord.
^hBut this is the one to whom I will look:
he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.

Matthew 5:3

3 ⁱ“Blessed are ^jthe poor in spirit, for ^ktheirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 8:9-13

9 For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ^{▼▼Greek bondservant} ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 10 When Jesus heard this, ^mhe marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with ⁿno one in Israel ^{▼▼Some manuscripts not even in Israel} have I found such faith. 11 I tell you, ^pmany will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, 12 ^qwhile the sons of the kingdom ^rwill be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place ^sthere will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” 13 And to the centurion Jesus said, “Go; let it be done for you ^tas you have believed.” ^uAnd the servant was healed at that very moment.

1 John 3:8

8 ^vWhoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was ^wto destroy the works of the devil.