Matthew 5:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

Happy are the gentle: for the earth will be their heritage.

Cross References

Psalm 147:6

The Lord gives help to the poor in spirit; but he sends sinners down in shame.

Psalm 149:4

For the Lord has pleasure in his people: he gives the poor in spirit a crown of salvation.

Psalm 22:26

The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.

Psalm 25:13

His soul will be full of good things, and his seed will have the earth for its heritage.

Psalm 25:9

He will be an upright guide to the poor in spirit: he will make his way clear to them.

Psalm 37:11

But the gentle will have the earth for their heritage; they will take their delight in peace without measure.

Psalm 37:22

Those who have his blessing will have the earth for their heritage; but those who are cursed by him will be cut off.

Psalm 37:29

The upright will have the earth for their heritage, and will go on living there for ever.

Psalm 37:34

Be waiting for the Lord, and keep his way; and you will be lifted up, and have the land for your heritage: when the evil-doers are cut off, you will see it.

Psalm 37:9

For the evil-doers will be cut off: but those who have faith in the Lord will have the earth for their heritage.

Psalm 69:32

The poor will see it and be glad: you who are lovers of God, let your hearts have life.

Isaiah 11:4

But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.

Isaiah 29:19

And the poor will have their joy in the Lord increased, and those in need will be glad in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 60:21

Your people will all be upright, the land will be their heritage for ever; the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, to be for my glory.

Isaiah 61:1

The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;

Zephaniah 2:3

Make search for the Lord, all you quiet ones of the earth, who have done what is right in his eyes; make search for righteousness and a quiet heart: it may be that you will be safely covered in the day of the Lord's wrath.

Numbers 12:3

Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.

Matthew 11:29

Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;

Matthew 21:5

Say to the daughter of Zion, See, your King comes to you, gentle and seated on an ass, and on a young ass.

Romans 4:13

For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

Galatians 5:23

Gentle behaviour, control over desires: against such there is no law.

Ephesians 4:2

With all gentle and quiet behaviour, taking whatever comes, putting up with one another in love;

Colossians 3:12

As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

1 Timothy 6:11

But you, O man of God, keep yourself from these things, and go after righteousness, religion, faith, love, a quiet mind, gentle behaviour.

2 Timothy 2:25

Gently guiding those who go against the teaching; if by chance God may give them a change of heart and true knowledge,

Titus 3:2

To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.

James 1:21

For this reason, putting away all dirty behaviour and the overweight of evil, take into your souls without pride the word which, being planted there, is able to give you salvation.

James 3:13

Who has wisdom and good sense among you? let him make his works clear by a life of gentle wisdom.

1 Peter 3:15

But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;

1 Peter 3:4

But let them be those of the unseen man of the heart, the ever-shining ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the eyes of God.