Luke 6:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Then looking up at his disciples, he said: Blessed are you who are poor, because the kingdom of God is yours.

Cross References

James 2:5

Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Didn’t God choose the poor in this world  to be rich in faith  and heirs  of the kingdom that he has promised to those who love him?

2 Corinthians 8:9

For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ: Though he was rich,  for your sake he became poor,  so that by his poverty you might become rich.

Luke 12:32

Don’t be afraid,   little flock,   because your Father delights   to give you the kingdom.

Matthew 25:34

Then the King will say to those on his right, “Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom   prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

Revelation 2:9

I know your   affliction and poverty, but you are rich. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

2 Corinthians 6:10

as grieving, yet always rejoicing;  as poor, yet enriching many; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.

Zephaniah 3:12

I will leave a meek and humble people  among you, and they will take refuge in the name of the  Lord.

Isaiah 29:19

The humble will have joy after joy in the  Lord, and the poor people will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

James 1:12

Blessed is the one who endures trials, because when he has stood the test he will receive the crown  of life that God  has promised to those who love him.

2 Thessalonians 1:5

It is clear evidence of God’s righteous  judgement  that you will be counted worthy of God’s kingdom, for which you also are suffering,

1 Thessalonians 1:6

and you yourselves became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message  with joy from the Holy Spirit.

2 Corinthians 8:2

During a severe trial brought about by affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.

Acts 14:22

strengthening the  disciples by encouraging them to continue in the faith  and by telling them, ‘It is necessary to go through many hardships  to enter the kingdom of God.’

Luke 14:15

When  one of those who reclined at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, ‘Blessed is the one who will eat bread in the kingdom of God! ’

Luke 13:28

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth   in that place,   when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God,   but yourselves thrown out.

Luke 4:18

The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release   to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed,

Matthew 11:5

The blind receive their sight, the lame walk, those with leprosy   are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor are told the good news,

Zechariah 11:11

It was annulled on that day, and so the oppressed of the flock  who were watching me knew that it was the word of the Lord.

Isaiah 66:2

My hand made all these things, and so they all came into being. This is the  Lord’s declaration. I will look favourably on this kind of person: one who is humble,  submissive   in spirit, and trembles at my word.

Proverbs 19:1

Better a poor person who lives with integrity than someone who has deceitful lips and is a fool.

Proverbs 16:19

Better to be lowly of spirit with the humble  , than to divide plunder with the proud.

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the rubbish heap. He seats them with noblemen and gives them a throne of honour. For the foundations of the earth are the Lord’s; he has set the world on them.

Luke 16:25

‘ “Son,”   Abraham said, “remember that during your life you received your good things,   just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here,   while you are in agony.

Matthew 5:1

When he saw the crowds, he went up on the mountain,  and after he sat down, his disciples came to him.