• Isaiah 66:2
  For all those things My hand has made,
  And all those things exist,"
  Says the LORD.
  "But on this one will I look:
  On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit,
  And who trembles at My word.
  
   
• Luke 18:13-14
  And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."
   
• Matthew 5:3
  "Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
  
   
• Psalm 34:6
  This poor man cried out, and the LORD heard him,
  And saved him out of all his troubles.
  
   
• Psalm 40:17
  But I am poor and needy;
  Yet the LORD thinks upon me.
  You are my help and my deliverer;
  Do not delay, O my God.
  
   
• Luke 15:17-19
  "But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you, and I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants."
   

Related Scriptures

• Revelation 3:17
  Because you say, "I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing"—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked—
   
• Jeremiah 17:9
  " The heart is deceitful above all things,
  And desperately wicked;
  Who can know it?
  
   
• Matthew 11:29
  Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.