For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
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A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
God dwells with the contrite and lowly in spirit; 'poor in spirit' draws on this prophetic ideal of humble dependence on God.
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A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
God dwells 'with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the heart of the contrite,' which matches why the humbled tax collector goes home justified rather than the proud Pharisee. The contrite/humble spirit that God favors is the theological engine of the parable. Medium coherence.
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