Matthew 5:3 - The Scriptures 1998

³ “Blessed are the poor in spirit, because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom of heaven.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous–with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the poor in spirit (the humble, who rate themselves insignificant), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Common English Bible

³ “Happy are people who are hopeless, because the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:3 Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:12

And when he was in distress, he sought the face of יהוה  his Elohim, and humbled himself greatly before the Elohim of his fathers,

2 Chronicles 33:19

And his prayer, and his entreaty, and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places where he built high places and set up the Ashĕ

2 Chronicles 33:23

And he did not humble himself before יהוה, as his father Menashsheh had humbled himself, for Amon trespassed more and more.

2 Chronicles 34:27

“Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before Elohim when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and you humbled yourself before Me, and you tore your garments and wept before Me, I also have heard,” declares יהוה.

2 Chronicles 7:14

and My people upon whom My Name is called, shall humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I shall hear from the heavens, and forgive their sin and heal their land.

Job 42:6

Therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.”

Psalm 1:1

Blessed is the man who shall not walk in the counsel of the wrong, And shall not stand in the path of sinners, And shall not sit in the seat of scoffers,

Psalm 112:1

Praise Yah! Blessed is the man, Who fears יהוה, Who has greatly delighted in His commands.

Psalm 128:1

Blessed are all who fear יהוה, Who walk in His ways.

Psalm 146:5

Blessed is he who has the Ě

Psalm 2:12

Kiss the Son, lest He be enraged, And you perish in the way, For soon His wrath is to be kindled. Blessed are all those taking refuge in Him.

Psalm 34:18

יהוה  is near to the broken-hearted, And saves those whose spirit is crushed.

Psalm 41:1

Blessed is he who considers the poor; יהוה  does deliver him in a day of evil.

Psalm 51:17

The slaughterings of Elohim are a broken spirit, A heart broken and crushed, O Elohim, These You do not despise.

Psalm 84:12

O יהוה  of hosts, Blessed is the man who trusts in You!

Proverbs 16:19

Better to be lowly in spirit with the poor, Than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Proverbs 29:23

The pride of man brings him low, But the humble in spirit obtains esteem.

Proverbs 8:32

“And now, listen to me, you children, For blessed are they who guard my ways.

Isaiah 30:18

And therefore יהוה  shall wait, to show you favour. And therefore He shall be exalted, to have compassion on you. For יהוה  is an Elohim of right-ruling. Blessed are all those who wait for Him.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus declares the high and exalted One who dwells forever, whose Name is set-apart, “I dwell in the high and set-apart place, with him who has a bruised and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of bruised ones.

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Master יהוה  is upon Me, because יהוה  has anointed Me to bring good news to the meek. He has sent Me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound,

Isaiah 66:2

“And all these My hand have made, and all these that exist,” declares יהוה. “Yet to such a one I look: on him who is poor and bruised of spirit, and who trembles at My Word.

Micah 6:8

He has declared to you, O man, what is good. And what does יהוה  require of you but to do right, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your Elohim?

Matthew 11:25

At that time יהושע  responding, said, “I thank You, Father, Master of the heavens and earth, because You have hidden these matters from clever and learned ones and have revealed them to babes.

Matthew 11:6

“And blessed is he who does not stumble in Me.”

Matthew 13:16

“And blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear,

Matthew 19:14

But יהושע  said, “Allow the young children and do not stop them from coming to Me, for of such is the reign of the heavens.”

Matthew 24:46

“Blessed is that servant whom his master, having come, shall find so doing.

Matthew 25:34

“Then the Sovereign shall say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the reign prepared for you from the foundation of the world –

Matthew 3:2

and saying, “Repent, for the reign of the heavens has come near!”

Matthew 8:11

“And I say to you that many shall come from east and west, and sit down with Aḇ

Mark 10:14

And when יהושע  saw it, He was much displeased and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them, for of such is the reign of Elohim.

Luke 11:28

But He said, “Blessed rather are those hearing the Word of Elohim and watching over it!”

Luke 18:14

“I say to you, this man went down to his house declared right, rather than the other. For everyone who is exalting himself shall be humbled, and he who is humbling himself shall be exalted.”

Luke 22:29

“And I covenant for you, as My Father covenanted for Me, a reign,

Luke 22:30

to eat and drink at My table, in My reign, and to sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Yisra’ĕ

Luke 4:18

“The Spirit of יהוה  is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to bring the Good News to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send away crushed ones with a release,

John 20:29

יהושע  said to him, “T’oma, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

Deuteronomy 8:2

“And you shall remember that יהוה  your Elohim led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, prove you, to know what is in your heart, whether you guard His commands or not.

James 1:10

but the rich in his humiliation, because as a flower of the field he shall pass away.

James 1:12

Blessed is the man who does endure trial, for when he has been proved, he shall receive the crown of life which the Master has promised to those who love Him.

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers: Has Elohim not chosen the poor of this world, rich in belief and heirs of the reign which He promised to those who love Him?

Revelation 19:9

And he said to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who have been called to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’ ” And he said to me, “These are the true words of Elohim.”

Revelation 22:14

“Blessed are those doing His commands, so that the authority shall be theirs unto the tree of life, and to enter through the gates into the city.

Revelation 3:17

“Because you say, ‘Rich I am, and I am made rich, and need none at all,’ and do not know that you are wretched, and pitiable, and poor, and blind, and naked.