Psa 51:17, 147:3, Isa 42:3, 57:15, 61:1, 66:2, Luk 4:18, 7:38, Act 2:37 | ESV | STEP | The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit ; a broken and contrite heart , O God , you will not despise .

rCited from Isa. 61:1, 2

s ver. 1; [Acts 1:2]

t Matt. 11:5; [ch. 6:20]

u Ps. 146:7, 8

v[Isa. 42:7; John 9:39; Acts 26:18]

w Isa. 58:6

x ver. 44; John 11:2

y[ch. 5:33; 7:54]

z ch. 16:30; Luke 3:10

Psalms 51:17

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

Psalms 147:3

3 He heals ^bthe brokenhearted
and ^cbinds up their wounds.

Isaiah 42:3

3 ^da bruised reed he will not break,
and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;
^ehe will faithfully bring forth justice.

Isaiah 57:15

15 For thus says ^fthe One who is high and lifted up,
who inhabits eternity, whose name is ^gHoly:
^h“I dwell in the high and holy place,
and also ⁱwith him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit,
^jto 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 ^kThe Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has ^lanointed 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 ⁿthe 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}

Isaiah 66:2

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

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

Luke 4:18

18 ^r“The Spirit of the Lord ^sis upon me,
because he has anointed me
to ^tproclaim good news to the poor.
^uHe has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives
and ^vrecovering of sight to the blind,
^wto set at liberty those who are oppressed,

Luke 7:38

38 and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and ^xwiped them with the hair of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.

Acts 2:37

37 Now when ^ythey heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, ^zwhat shall we do?”