Bible Dictionary: The Heart: when Broken and Contrite, not Despised by God

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

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That a Man Ought not to Reckon Himself Worthy of Consolation, but ...
... take comfort a little before I go whence I shall not return even ... Thou wouldst have
poured upon Thy sacred feet, for a broken and contrite heart Thou hast ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kempis/imitation of christ/chapter lii that a man.htm

A Dialogue with God
... of all good in us is the contrite acknowledgment of ... not begin with a vivid and
heart-broken consciousness of my ... all further access of God's love to that heart. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/a dialogue with god.htm

Results of True Repentance.
... "The Lord is nigh to the broken of heart, and saveth such as be contrite of spirit."
"A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise." Many ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/moody/the overcoming life/results of true repentance.htm

The Sin against the Holy Ghost.
... It does not belong to the broken and contrite heart, but cankers only in the
proud spirit that opposes the Lord and His holy ordinances. ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xxxvii the sin against the.htm

It is Also of Importance to Observe, that the Four Laws of Prayer ...
... of the sacrifice of which David speaks, "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:
a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise" (Ps.51 ...
/.../calvin/of prayer--a perpetual exercise of faith/chapter 16 it is also.htm

Confession of Sin Illustrated by the Cases of Dr. Pritchard and ...
... from his knees till he began to feel something of brokenness of heart. ... chamber, then,
poor sinner, if thou wouldst have a broken and contrite spirit, and ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 11 1865/confession of sin illustrated by.htm

On the Atonement.
... The only account to be given of His death is, that He died not for Himself ... and love,
and to make him bow before the cross with a broken and contrite heart. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/finney/sermons on gospel themes/xii on the atonement.htm

The Pharisee and Publican
... This man came up to the temple to pray, and he prayed indeed. And
a broken and contrite heart God will not despise. ...
/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/the pharisee and publican.htm

Who is the Greatest?
... to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and ... He who rejects this united overture
has broken the tie ... shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the desire of ages/chapter 48 who is the.htm

Encouragement for the Depressed
... The humble and contrite have a word all to themselves in Scripture, that these he ...
if your Father knows you, you need not be so broken in heart because your ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 61 1915/encouragement for the depressed.htm