Matthew 5:7 - Tree of Life Version

⁷ “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ 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 merciful, for they shall obtain mercy!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Common English Bible

⁷ “Happy are people who show mercy, because they will receive mercy.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁷ Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

Matthew 5:7 Cross References

2 Samuel 17:28

brought beds, basins, clay pots, wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, parched seeds,

2 Samuel 22:26

With the loyal You deal loyally. With the blameless You are blameless.

Psalm 112:4

Light shines in the darkness for the upright. Gracious, compassionate and just is he.

Psalm 112:9

He gives freely to the poor. His righteousness endures forever. His horn is lifted high in honor.

Psalm 18:25

So Adonai rewarded me for my righteousness, for the cleanness of my hands in His eyes.

Psalm 37:26

All day long he is gracious and lends. So his offspring will be a blessing.

Proverbs 11:17

A kind man does his own soul good, but a cruel man harms his own flesh.

Proverbs 11:25

A soul who blesses will prosper, and one who gives water will himself be satisfied.

Proverbs 14:21

Whoever despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is gracious to the needy is blessed.

Proverbs 19:17

One who is kind to the poor lends to Adonai, and Adonai will reward him for his good deed.

Isaiah 57:1

The righteous one perishes, but no one takes it to heart. Godly men are taken away, but no one discerns that the righteous man is taken from evil.

Daniel 4:27

the king exclaimed, “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built as the royal residence by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?”

Hosea 1:6

Then she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And He said to him: “Name her Lo-ruhamah— for no longer will I have compassion on the house of Israel that I should ever pardon them.

Hosea 2:1

“Yet the number of Bnei-Yisrael will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. Instead of ‘You are not My people’ being said to them, they will be called ‘Children of the living God.’

Hosea 2:23

So it will be in that day, I will respond —it is a declaration of adonai— I will respond to the skies, and they will respond to the earth,

Micah 6:8

He has told you, humanity, what is good, and what Adonai is seeking from you: Only to practice justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.

Mark 11:25

Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your transgressions.”

Luke 6:35

“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great and you will be sons of Elyon, for He is kind to the ungrateful and evil ones.

Romans 11:30

For just as you once were disobedient to God but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience,

1 Corinthians 7:25

Now concerning virgins I have no command from the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.

2 Corinthians 4:1

For this reason, since we have this ministry, just as we received mercy, we do not lose heart.

Ephesians 4:32

Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving each other just as God in Messiah also forgave you.

Colossians 3:12

Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves in tender compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience—

1 Timothy 1:13

even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man. Yet I was shown mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,

1 Timothy 1:16

Yet for this reason I was shown mercy—so that in me as the foremost, Messiah Yeshua might demonstrate His complete patience, as an example for those about to put their trust in Him for eternal life.

Hebrews 4:16

Therefore let us draw near to the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace for help in time of need.

Hebrews 6:10

For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love that you showed for His name, in having served and continuing to serve the kedoshim.

James 2:13

For judgment is merciless to the one who does not show mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, not hypocritical.

1 Peter 2:10

Once you were “not a people,” but now you are “God’s people.” You were shown “no mercy,” but now you have been shown “mercy.”