Quotes About Contrition

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.

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

For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

“Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ëGod, have mercy on me, a sinner!í

Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.