Bible verses about "brokenness" | AUV

³ “Those persons who feel a deep sense of their personal need are blessed because the kingdom of heaven belongs to them. ⁴ “Those persons who feel grief [over their sins] are blessed because they will receive comfort [from God when they repent].

¹⁶ So, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another to be healed [from sin sickness]. The special request of a righteous person is empowered with [great] effectiveness.

² He opened His mouth and taught them, saying, ³ “Those persons who feel a deep sense of their personal need are blessed because the kingdom of heaven belongs to them. ⁴ “Those persons who feel grief [over their sins] are blessed because they will receive comfort [from God when they repent]. ⁵ “Those persons who have a humble attitude [toward themselves] are blessed because they will inherit [the best of] the earth. ⁶ “Those persons who have an appetite for whatever is right will be blessed because they will be satisfied. ⁷ “Those persons who show mercy [toward others] will be blessed because they will be shown mercy [themselves]. ⁸ “Those persons whose hearts are pure [before God] will be blessed because they will see God. ⁹ “Those persons who attempt to make peace [between people] will be blessed because they will be called God’s children. ¹⁰ “Those persons who have suffered for trying to do what is right will be blessed because the kingdom of heaven belongs to them. ¹¹ You will be blessed when people speak against you and harm you and say bad things about you that are untrue, because of [your devotion to] me. ¹² Be happy and very glad, for your reward in heaven will be great. For they persecuted the prophets [who lived] before you in the same way.

⁸ For we want you to know, brothers, about the trouble that we experienced in Asia. [See I Cor. 16:19]. We were under a heavy burden [which was] more than we could stand, even to the point of despairing of life. ⁹ Actually, we felt within us that we had [already] received a death sentence, so that we could [learn] not to trust in ourselves but in God, who raises the dead. ¹⁰ He has rescued us from a serious threat of death and He will do it again. We have placed our hope in Him, that He will also continue to rescue us,

²⁰ I have been crucified [i.e., died] with Christ, and so I am not the one who lives [anymore] but rather, it is Christ who lives in my heart. And [now] my entire life is being lived by trusting in the Son of God [to save and keep me], because He loved me and gave Himself up for me.

⁶ But He gives [us] more unearned favor [i.e., to overcome the world]. Therefore, the Scripture says [Prov. 3:34], “God opposes proud people, but gives unearned favor to those who are humble.”

²⁴ Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat drops into the soil and dies, it remains a single grain, but if it dies, [then] it will produce many grains.