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Matthew 5:3
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Humility and prideKingdom, blessing and righteousness
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Memory passages these point to
J-11 James 4:7-10J-21 Job 42:1-9J-36 Luke 18:9-17J-90 Luke 6:20-31P-11 James 4:7-10P-64 Psalm 1:1-6P-85 Matthew 5:1-13P-93 Luke 6:17-26S-11 James 4:6-10S-76 Isaiah 66:1-2S-83 Matthew 24:33-47S-90 Luke 6:19-25
Cross-references 51
Blessed [are] 22
- Matthew 5:4-11 Matthew 5:10Matthew 5:11Matthew 5:4Matthew 5:5Matthew 5:6Matthew 5:7Matthew 5:8Matthew 5:9P-85 Matthew 5:1-13
4Blessed are those who mourn, For they shall be comforted. 5Blessed are the meek, For they shall inherit the earth. 6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled. 7Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy. 8Blessed are the pure in heart, For they shall see God. 9Blessed are the peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of God. 10Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11"Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.
- Matthew 11:6
6And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me."
- Matthew 13:16
16But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;
- Matthew 24:46 S-83 Matthew 24:33-47
46Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.
- Psalms 1:1 P-64 Psalm 1:1-6
1Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
- Psalms 2:12
12Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way, When His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him.
- Psalms 32:1-2
1Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. 2Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
- Psalms 41:1
1Blessed is he who considers the poor; The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
- Psalms 84:12
12O LORD of hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in You!
- Psalms 112:1
1Praise the LORD! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, Who delights greatly in His commandments.
- Psalms 119:1-2
1Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the LORD! 2Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart!
- Psalms 128:1
1Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, Who walks in His ways.
- Psalms 146:5
5Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the LORD his God,
- Proverbs 8:32
32"Now therefore, listen to me, my children, For blessed are those who keep my ways.
- Isaiah 30:18
18Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.
- Luke 6:20-21 J-90 Luke 6:20-31P-93 Luke 6:17-26S-90 Luke 6:19-25
20Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: "Blessed are you poor, For yours is the kingdom of God. 21Blessed are you who hunger now, For you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, For you shall laugh.
- Luke 11:28
28But He said, "More than that, blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!"
- John 20:29
29Jesus said to him, "Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."
- Romans 4:6-9
6just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works: 7"Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered; 8Blessed is the man to whom the LORD shall not impute sin." 9Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness.
- James 1:12
12Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
- Revelation 19:9
9Then he said to me, "Write: "Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!"' And he said to me, "These are the true sayings of God."
- Revelation 22:14
14Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.
the poor in spirit 23
- Matthew 11:25
25At that time Jesus answered and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.
- Matthew 18:1-3
1At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" 2Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, 3and said, "Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.
- Leviticus 26:41-42
41and that I also have walked contrary to them and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if their uncircumcised hearts are humbled, and they accept their guilt-- 42then I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham I will remember; I will remember the land.
- Deuteronomy 8:2
2And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
- 2 Chronicles 7:14
14if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12, 19, 23
12Now when he was in affliction, he implored the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
19Also his prayer and how God received his entreaty, and all his sin and trespass, and the sites where he built high places and set up wooden images and carved images, before he was humbled, indeed they are written among the sayings of Hozai.
23And he did not humble himself before the LORD, as his father Manasseh had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. - 2 Chronicles 34:27
27because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you," says the LORD.
- Job 42:6 J-21 Job 42:1-9
6Therefore I abhor myself, And repent in dust and ashes."
- Psalms 34:18
18The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, And saves such as have a contrite spirit.
- Psalms 51:17
17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart--These, O God, You will not despise.
- Proverbs 16:19
19Better to be of a humble spirit with the lowly, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
- Proverbs 29:23
23A man's pride will bring him low, But the humble in spirit will retain honor.
- Isaiah 57:15
15For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
- Isaiah 61:1
1"The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
- Isaiah 66:2 S-76 Isaiah 66:1-2
2For 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.
- Jeremiah 31:18-20
18"I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself: "You have chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained bull; Restore me, and I will return, For You are the LORD my God. 19Surely, after my turning, I repented; And after I was instructed, I struck myself on the thigh; I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated, Because I bore the reproach of my youth.' 20Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a pleasant child? For though I spoke against him, I earnestly remember him still; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him, says the LORD.
- Daniel 5:21-22
21Then he was driven from the sons of men, his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and appoints over it whomever He chooses. 22"But you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, although you knew all this.
- Micah 6:8
8He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God?
- Luke 4:18
18"The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, Because He has anointed Me To preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives And recovery of sight to the blind, To set at liberty those who are oppressed;
- Luke 6:20 J-90 Luke 6:20-31P-93 Luke 6:17-26S-90 Luke 6:19-25
20Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: "Blessed are you poor, For yours is the kingdom of God.
- Luke 18:14 J-36 Luke 18:9-17
14I 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."
- James 1:10
10but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he will pass away.
- James 4:9-10 J-11 James 4:7-10P-11 James 4:7-10S-11 James 4:6-10
9Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. 10Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven 4
- Matthew 3:2
2and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!"
- Matthew 8:11
11And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
- Mark 10:14
14But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, "Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God.
- James 2:5
5Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?