Psa_34:18 The
LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a
contrite spirit.
Psa_51:17 The
sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God,
thou wilt not despise.
Isa_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.
Isa_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.
Excerpt - The
Spiritual Man by Watchman Nee
'A contrite inner
life helps one to confess instantly and to not hide those little points others
have noticed in him as being unlike the Lord. God saves those who possess a
contrite spirit; others He cannot save for it requires contrition to know His
mind. People who cover their faults and excuse themselves do not have a
repentant spirit; hence God cannot save them to the uttermost. How we need a
spirit susceptible to the correction both of the Holy Spirit and of man, a
spirit willing to concede to having lived below par. And then we shall daily
experience the salvation of the Lord.'
Mat_9:13 But
go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I
am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Mar_2:17 When
Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the
physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but
sinners to repentance.
Luk_3:3 And he
came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for
the remission of sins
2Co 7:8 For
though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent:
for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but
for a season.
2Co 7:9 Now I
rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for
ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in
nothing.
2Co 7:10 For
godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the
sorrow of the world worketh death.
2Pe_3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning
his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not
willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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