Matthew 5:3

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““Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

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'Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven' opens the Beatitudes by calling the truly happy not the strong or self-made, but those honest enough to know they have nothing to bring to God — and so receive everything from him.

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““Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

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“Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

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“`Happy the poor in spirit--because theirs is the reign of the heavens.”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 5:3 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 26:41and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,
  2. Deuteronomy 8:2Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
  3. 2 Chronicles 7:14and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
  4. 2 Chronicles 33:12And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
  5. 2 Chronicles 33:19His prayer and how God received his plea, as well as all his sin and unfaithfulness, and the sites where he built high places and set up Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself, they are indeed written in the Records of the Seers.
  6. 2 Chronicles 33:23but he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done; instead, Amon increased his guilt.
  7. 2 Chronicles 34:27because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its people, and because you have humbled yourself before Me and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.
  8. Job 42:6Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes.”
  9. Psalms 1:1Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
  10. Psalms 2:12Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.
  11. Psalms 32:1Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
  12. Psalms 34:18The LORD is near to the brokenhearted; He saves the contrite in spirit.
  13. Psalms 41:1Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
  14. Psalms 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
  15. Psalms 84:12O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!
  16. Psalms 112:1Hallelujah! Blessed is the man who fears the LORD, who greatly delights in His commandments.
  17. Psalms 119:1Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
  18. Psalms 128:1Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!
  19. Psalms 146:5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
  20. Proverbs 8:32Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, for blessed are those who keep my ways.
  21. Proverbs 16:19It is better to be lowly in spirit among the humble than to divide the spoil with the proud.
  22. Proverbs 29:23A man’s pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor.
  23. Isaiah 30:18Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
  24. Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

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