Psa 34:18, 138:6, Isa 57:15, Mat 5:3, Luk 1:51-53, 18:13-14 | ESV | STEP | The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit .

n[See ver. 51 above]

o Job 5:11; Ps. 75:7; 107:40, 41; 113:7, 8; 147:6; Ezek. 21:26; [James 4:10]

p Ps. 34:10; 107:9; [ch. 6:21, 24, 25]

q Job 22:9

r[See ver. 11 above]

s Ezra 9:6

t ch. 23:48

u Ps. 79:9; Ezek. 16:63; Dan. 9:19

vSee ch. 14:11

Psalms 34:18

18 The Lord is near to ^athe brokenhearted
and saves ^bthe crushed in spirit.

Psalms 138:6

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

Isaiah 57:15

15 For thus says ^dthe One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is ^eHoly:
^f“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also ^gwith him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
^hto revive the spirit of the lowly,
and to revive the heart of the contrite.

Matthew 5:3

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

Luke 1:51-53

51 ^lHe has shown strength with his arm;
^mhe has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
52 ⁿhe has brought down the mighty from their thrones
^oand exalted those of humble estate;
53 he has filled ^pthe hungry with good things,
and the rich ^qhe has sent away empty.

Luke 18:13-14

13 But the tax collector, ^rstanding far off, ^swould not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but ^tbeat his breast, saying, ‘God, ^ube merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For ^veveryone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”