Matthew 5:3

A Conservative Version

Blessed are the poor in spirit, because the kingdom of the heavens is theirs.

Cross References

Isaiah 66:2

For all these things my hand has made, and all these things came to be, says LORD. But to this man I will look, even to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.

Proverbs 29:23

A man's pride shall bring him low, but he who is of a lowly spirit shall obtain honor.

Psalm 34:18

LORD is near to those who are of a broken heart, and saves such as are of a contrite spirit.

Proverbs 16:19

Better it is to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the spoil with the proud.

Luke 18:14

I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that man. Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.

2 Chronicles 7:14

if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

Psalm 51:17

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou will not despise.

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, also with him who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart o

James 2:5

Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of lord LORD is upon me, because LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind (LXX/NT), and

2 Chronicles 34:27

because thy heart was tender, and thou humbled thyself before God when thou heard his words against this place, and against the inhabitants of it, and have humbled thyself before me, and have torn thy clothes, and wept before me, I

Micah 6:8

He has shown thee, O man, what is good. And what does LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Luke 11:28

But he said, Blessed rather, are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.

Psalm 112:1

Praise ye LORD. Blessed is the man who fears LORD, who delights greatly in his commandments.

Psalm 1:1

Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers,

Job 42:6

Therefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.

Matthew 11:25

Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.

Luke 4:18

The Spirit of Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach good-news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to sent forth in deliv

Mark 10:14

But when Jesus saw it, he was displeased, and said to them, Allow the children to come to me. Forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of God.

Matthew 13:16

But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear.

Isaiah 30:18

And therefore LORD will wait, that he may be gracious to you. And therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you. For LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

Psalm 146:5

Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in LORD his God,

2 Chronicles 33:12

And when he was in distress, he besought LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.

Psalm 41:1

Blessed is he who considers a poor man. LORD will deliver him in the day of evil.

Psalm 2:12

Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, for his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all those who take refuge in him.

2 Chronicles 33:23

And he did not humble himself before LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself, but this same Amon trespassed more and more.

James 1:12

Blessed is a man who endures temptation, because, having become approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

John 20:29

Jesus says to him, Because thou have seen me, thou have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.

Matthew 24:46

Blessed is that bondman, whom his lord when he comes will find so doing.

Psalm 84:12

O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in thee.

Deuteronomy 8:2

And thou shall remember all the way which LORD thy God has led thee these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble thee, to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou would keep his commandments, or not.

James 1:10

but the rich in his lowliness, because as a flower of grass he will pass away.

Proverbs 8:32

Now therefore, ye sons, hearken to me. For blessed are those who keep my ways.

2 Chronicles 33:19

Also his prayer, and how [God] was entreated by him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places in which he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written

Revelation 22:14

Blessed are those doing his commandments, so that their right will be to the tree of life, and they may enter in the gates into the city.

Revelation 19:9

And he says to me, Write, Blessed are those who have been called to the supper of the marriage of the Lamb. And he says to me, These are the TRUE sayings of God.

Matthew 25:34

Then the King will say to those at his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Psalm 128:1

Blessed [are] all who fear LORD, who walk in his ways.

Matthew 11:6

And blessed is he, whoever will not be caused to stumble by me.

Matthew 8:11

And I say to you, that many will come from east and west, and will sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of the heavens,

Matthew 3:2

Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens has approached.

Matthew 19:14

But Jesus said, Allow the children, and do not forbid them to come to me, for of such kind is the kingdom of the heavens.

Luke 22:29

And I appoint to you, just as my Father appointed to me a kingdom,

Luke 22:30

that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Revelation 3:17

Because thou say, I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing, and do not know that thou are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.