Psalm 147:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

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

Cross References

Psalm 145:14

The Lord is the support of all who are crushed, and the lifter up of all who are bent down.

Psalm 149:4

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

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 41:13

May the Lord God of Israel be praised, through eternal days and for ever. So be it. So be it.

Psalm 55:23

But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.

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.

Malachi 4:3

And the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.

Matthew 5:5

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

James 4:10

Make yourselves low in the eyes of the Lord and you will be lifted up by him.

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.

1 Peter 5:6

For this cause make yourselves low under the strong hand of God, so that when the time comes you may be lifted up;

1 Samuel 2:8

Lifting the poor out of the dust, and him who is in need out of the lowest place, to give them their place among rulers, and for their heritage the seat of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's and he has made them the base of the world.