Broken

Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

He was withdrawn from them about a stone’s throw, and he knelt down and prayed, — read the full passage →

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit. — read the full passage →

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. — read the full passage →

I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, — read the full passage →

Therefore as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.

He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” — read the full passage →

For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

May it never be! We who died to sin, how could we live in it any longer?

I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh; — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? — read the full passage →

“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights— I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations. — read the full passage →

A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit. — read the full passage →

Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

We exhort you, brothers, admonish the disorderly, encourage the faint-hearted, support the weak, be patient toward all. — read the full passage →

seeing it is God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread. — read the full passage →

but God chose the foolish things of the world that he might put to shame those who are wise. God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; — read the full passage →

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death. — read the full passage →

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God; — read the full passage →

“Which of you men, if you had one hundred sheep, and lost one of them, wouldn’t leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one that was lost, until he found it? — read the full passage →

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I would have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you would not! — read the full passage →

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. — read the full passage →

When the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” — read the full passage →

For Yahweh your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the awesome, who doesn’t respect persons, nor takes reward. — read the full passage →

By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. — read the full passage →

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. — read the full passage →

Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, — read the full passage →

But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” — read the full passage →

and having a great priest over God’s house, — read the full passage →

Having then a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold tightly to our confession. — read the full passage →

Since then the children have shared in flesh and blood, he also himself in the same way partook of the same, that through death he might bring to nothing him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, — read the full passage →

For both he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers, — read the full passage →

For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. — read the full passage →

By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively. — read the full passage →

Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more. — read the full passage →

We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; — read the full passage →

Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. — read the full passage →

For one will hardly die for a righteous man. Yet perhaps for a righteous person someone would even dare to die. — read the full passage →

He took him by the right hand, and raised him up. Immediately his feet and his ankle bones received strength. — read the full passage →

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”

“This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. — read the full passage →

Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me. — read the full passage →

Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, that those who don’t see may see; and that those who see may become blind.” — read the full passage →

But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.” — read the full passage →

Don’t judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.”

When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, “He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner.” — read the full passage →

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up, — read the full passage →

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom. — read the full passage →

I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away in time of temptation.

Behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster jar of ointment. — read the full passage →

For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon.’ — read the full passage →

At the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” which is, being interpreted, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Jesus came out, saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things.

Those who fed them fled, and told it in the city and in the country. The people came to see what it was that had happened. — read the full passage →

Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you. — read the full passage →

Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had sat down, his disciples came to him. — read the full passage →

Thus says Yahweh, Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don’t let the rich man glory in his riches; — read the full passage →

“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” says Yahweh. — read the full passage →

They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death; although he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. — read the full passage →

But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.” — read the full passage →

Why do you say, Jacob, and speak, Israel, “My way is hidden from Yahweh, and the justice due me is disregarded by my God?” — read the full passage →

The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

Rescue those who are being led away to death! Indeed, hold back those who are staggering to the slaughter! — read the full passage →

He who has pity on the poor lends to Yahweh; he will reward him.

The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish. — read the full passage →

in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord. — read the full passage →

Listen, sons, to a father’s instruction. Pay attention and know understanding; — read the full passage →

While I live, I will praise Yahweh. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist. — read the full passage →

Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you will revive me. You will stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies. Your right hand will save me. — read the full passage →

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. — read the full passage →

“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed. — read the full passage →

But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn’t stir up all his wrath. — read the full passage →

For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper. — read the full passage →

For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering. — read the full passage →

My soul shall be joyful in Yahweh. It shall rejoice in his salvation. — read the full passage →

Depart from evil, and do good. seek peace, and pursue it. — read the full passage →

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained; — read the full passage →

But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, then they were very angry; — read the full passage →

The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left you this day without a near kinsman; and let his name be famous in Israel. — read the full passage →

She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara; for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. — read the full passage →

Yahweh’s angel came, and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites. — read the full passage →

“Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. — read the full passage →

It shall happen, when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, where Yahweh your God has driven you, — read the full passage →

For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth. — read the full passage →

Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.” — read the full passage →

Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God. — read the full passage →

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too. — read the full passage →