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Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.
Loving neighbors and enemiesKingdom, blessing and righteousness
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Memory passages these point to
J-49 1 Peter 2:9-12J-91 Luke 6:35-43P-28 Proverbs 11:15-17S-56 2 Samuel 22:14-41S-92 Luke 6:35-40
Cross-references 35
[are] the merciful 21
- Matthew 6:14-15 Matthew 6:14Matthew 6:15
14"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
- Matthew 18:33-35
33Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?' 34And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. 35"So My heavenly Father also will do to you if each of you, from his heart, does not forgive his brother his trespasses."
- 2 Samuel 22:26 S-56 2 Samuel 22:14-41
26"With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
- Job 31:16-22
16"If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, 17Or eaten my morsel by myself, So that the fatherless could not eat of it 18(But from my youth I reared him as a father, And from my mother's womb I guided the widow ); 19If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or any poor man without covering; 20If his heart has not blessed me, And if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; 21If I have raised my hand against the fatherless, When I saw I had help in the gate; 22Then let my arm fall from my shoulder, Let my arm be torn from the socket.
- Psalms 18:25
25With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful; With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless;
- Psalms 37:26
26He is ever merciful, and lends; And his descendants are blessed.
- Psalms 41:1-4
1Blessed is he who considers the poor; The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. 2The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. 3The LORD will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed. 4I said, "LORD, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You."
- Psalms 112:4, 9
4Unto the upright there arises light in the darkness; He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
9He has dispersed abroad, He has given to the poor; His righteousness endures forever; His horn will be exalted with honor. - Proverbs 11:17 P-28 Proverbs 11:15-17
17The merciful man does good for his own soul, But he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.
- Proverbs 14:21
21He who despises his neighbor sins; But he who has mercy on the poor, happy is he.
- Proverbs 19:17
17He who has pity on the poor lends to the LORD, And He will pay back what he has given.
- Isaiah 57:1
1The righteous perishes, And no man takes it to heart; Merciful men are taken away, While no one considers That the righteous is taken away from evil.
- Isaiah 58:6-12
6"Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke? 7Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own flesh? 8Then your light shall break forth like the morning, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. 9Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; You shall cry, and He will say, "Here I am.'"If you take away the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, 10If you extend your soul to the hungry And satisfy the afflicted soul, Then your light shall dawn in the darkness, And your darkness shall be as the noonday. 11The LORD will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. 12Those from among you Shall build the old waste places; You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.
- Daniel 4:27
27Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable to you; break off your sins by being righteous, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps there may be a lengthening of your prosperity."
- 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?
- Mark 11:25
25"And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses.
- Luke 6:35 J-91 Luke 6:35-43S-92 Luke 6:35-40
35But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil.
- Ephesians 4:32
32And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.
- Ephesians 5:1
1Therefore be imitators of God as dear children.
- Colossians 3:12
12Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering;
- James 3:17
17But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.
for they shall obtain mercy 11
- Hosea 1:6
6And she conceived again and bore a daughter. Then God said to him: "Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, For I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, But I will utterly take them away.
- Hosea 2:1, 23
1Say to your brethren, "My people,' And to your sisters, "Mercy is shown.'
23Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; Then I will say to those who were not My people, "You are My people!' And they shall say, "You are my God!"' - Romans 11:30
30For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,
- 1 Corinthians 7:25
25Now concerning virgins: I have no commandment from the Lord; yet I give judgment as one whom the Lord in His mercy has made trustworthy.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1
1Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart.
- 1 Timothy 1:13, 16
13although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
16However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life. - 2 Timothy 1:16-18
16The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain; 17but when he arrived in Rome, he sought me out very zealously and found me. 18The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord in that Day--and you know very well how many ways he ministered to me at Ephesus.
- Hebrews 4:16
16Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
- Hebrews 6:10
10For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
- James 2:13
13For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
- 1 Peter 2:10 J-49 1 Peter 2:9-12
10who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.