Psalms 51:19Douay-Rheims
A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Related Verses
Genesis 1:2
And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters.
Genesis 6:3
And God said: My spirit shall not remain in man for ever, because he is flesh, and his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.
Genesis 6:5
And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,
Genesis 6:6
It repented him that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart,
Genesis 8:21
And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done.