Psalms 51:17
The sacrifices that God accepts are a broken spirit. A heart that is broken and crushed, God, you will never reject.
Treated in 15 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Men Who Moved Heaven ·
David Brainerd — The Flame That Burned Bright and Brief cites Psalm 51:17
…of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, you, God, will not despise” (Psalm 51:17, NIV). His brokenness was not a spiritual disadvantage to be overcome. It was a spiritual…
- Men Who Moved Heaven ·
Scripture Appendix: Prayers and Promises cites Psalm 51:17
…“The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” Chapter 8 — David Brainerd Psalm 51:17 — “My sacrifice, O God, is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart you, God, will…
- The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney ·
Break Up Your Fallow Ground cites PSALM 51:17
…of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. PSALM 51:17 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Set aside an hour this week with pen and paper. Work slowly…
- Practical Religion ·
Formality cites Psalm li. 17
…against God, and must be opened. The Lord "opened the heart" of Lydia. (Ezek. xxxvi. 26; Psalm li. 17; Acts xvi. 14.) The heart is the seat of true saving faith. "With the heart man believeth…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites Ps. 51:17
…God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise,” (Ps. 51:17). Thus a twofold pardon is always to be asked; first, because they are conscious of many…
- The Key Teachings of Elisabeth Elliot ·
Acceptance and Offering cites PSALM 51:17
…of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. PSALM 51:17 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Name one thing in your life that you have not yet accepted…
- Talks to the Farmer ·
Spring in the Heart cites Psalm 51:17
…gracious fruit of the Spirit. “A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise” (Psalm 51:17). Softening with showers: Man’s heart is naturally hard, like dry soil. The Spirit…
- The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon ·
Repentance Must Go with Forgiveness cites PSALM 51:17
…of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. PSALM 51:17 Pardon melts the heart Here Spurgeon makes a move that many readers find surprising. We…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
Forgive Us Our Debts cites PSALM 51:17
…of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. PSALM 51:17 The one sin that cannot be forgiven, on his reading, is the refusal of forgiveness…
- The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee ·
The Breaking of the Outer Man cites PSALM 51:17
…of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. PSALM 51:17 He drew attention to Jacob at Peniel — the man who wrestled and prevailed and went away…
- The Big Story ·
A House Forever cites Psalm 51:17
…of religion, but honesty: “a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise” (Psalm 51:17). Where Jesus is in this When the angel Gabriel came to Mary, he spoke in the language of…
- The Ten Commandments ·
4.2 Repentance cites Psa 51: 17
…like a broken heart. ‘A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.’ Psa 51: 17. Augustine caused this sentence to be written over his bed when he was sick. When the…
- The Ten Commandments ·
4.6 Prayer cites Psa 51: 17
…fruitless. [2] It must be a melting prayer. ‘The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.’ Psa 51: 17. The incense was to be beaten to typify the breaking of the heart in prayer. Oh! says a…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
VI. Gracious affections are attended with evangelical humiliation cites Psalm 51:17
…nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.” Psalm 51:17, “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou…
- Knots Untied ·
Worship cites Psalm li. 17
…heart is the true sacrifice, the sacrifice which “God will not despise.”c (1 Sam. xvi. 7; Psalm li. 17.) (f) In the last place, true public worship must be a reverent worship. It is written…