Matthew 5:4

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“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”

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BSBPD

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“`Happy the mourning--because they shall be comforted.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Matthew 5:4 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 6:1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
  2. Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
  3. Psalms 30:7O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
  4. Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
  5. Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
  6. Psalms 69:29But I am in pain and distress; let Your salvation protect me, O God.
  7. Psalms 116:3The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow.
  8. Psalms 126:5Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
  9. Isaiah 12:1In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
  10. Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken.
  11. Isaiah 30:19O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.
  12. Isaiah 35:10So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
  13. Isaiah 38:14I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
  14. Isaiah 51:11So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
  15. Isaiah 57:18I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,
  16. Isaiah 61:2to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of our God’s vengeance, to comfort all who mourn,
  17. Isaiah 66:10Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her, all who love her. Rejoice greatly with her, all who mourn over her,
  18. Jeremiah 31:9They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”
  19. Jeremiah 31:16This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy.
  20. Ezekiel 7:16The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.
  21. Ezekiel 9:4“Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
  22. Zechariah 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
  23. Luke 6:21Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
  24. Luke 6:25Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

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